The Australian LegendGold rush - Bushrangers - Bushmen - Australian identity - Women in Australian history - Convicts. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 21
Page 140
... colonists made it almost inevitable . For British immigrants , the second course was natural and easy . There was no language barrier , and the differences in outlook between the newcomers and the old colon- ists were , after all ...
... colonists made it almost inevitable . For British immigrants , the second course was natural and easy . There was no language barrier , and the differences in outlook between the newcomers and the old colon- ists were , after all ...
Page 141
... colonists the supreme compliment of imitation . As one level - headed observer wrote : It was and is a constant source of ambition among ' new chums ' , especially the younger ones , to be taken for ' old hands ' in the colony , and ...
... colonists the supreme compliment of imitation . As one level - headed observer wrote : It was and is a constant source of ambition among ' new chums ' , especially the younger ones , to be taken for ' old hands ' in the colony , and ...
Page 191
... colonists , except those who were themselves J.P.'s or people almost equally well - known and presumably respectable . J. C. Byrne , for instance , was arrested at the Ovens River in the Port Phillip district , to be taken back to ...
... colonists , except those who were themselves J.P.'s or people almost equally well - known and presumably respectable . J. C. Byrne , for instance , was arrested at the Ovens River in the Port Phillip district , to be taken back to ...
Common terms and phrases
already American arrived attitude Australian ballads became become better Bulletin bush bushmen bushrangers called century character Collection colony common convict course districts early England English fact feeling felt figures frontier give Gold Government hands Harris History hundred immigrants important influence interior Irish John labour land later least less Library live London look majority manners masters Melbourne native native-born natural never noble observed old hands outback outlook party pastoral perhaps period persons police political poor popular population practice prisoners reason recorded respectable Rush seems seen sentiment Settlers shearers social society song South Wales squatters station Sydney tended things thought took tradition Transportation true typical usually Victoria whole workers writes wrote young