A History of Australia: 'The old dead and the young tree green', 1916-1935Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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... gold , and snigging logs out of the forest . When he volunteered he decided not to let the banks have his money while he was away . He buried his gold sover- eigns under a tree , and , cunning old bugger that he was proud to be known to ...
... gold , and snigging logs out of the forest . When he volunteered he decided not to let the banks have his money while he was away . He buried his gold sover- eigns under a tree , and , cunning old bugger that he was proud to be known to ...
Page 320
... gold ' . Like Job he was on the watch for ' something precious ' . But unlike Job he never seemed to be bothered by the question : ' Where does wisdom come from ? Where is under- standing to be found ? ' He preferred fishing to talking ...
... gold ' . Like Job he was on the watch for ' something precious ' . But unlike Job he never seemed to be bothered by the question : ' Where does wisdom come from ? Where is under- standing to be found ? ' He preferred fishing to talking ...
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... gold ' . He always believed that man could discover under the earth ' secrets that were hidden ' . Somewhere over the horizon there was a gold mine and he would discover it . He would have his satisfaction . But it might be doubted ...
... gold ' . He always believed that man could discover under the earth ' secrets that were hidden ' . Somewhere over the horizon there was a gold mine and he would discover it . He would have his satisfaction . But it might be doubted ...
Contents
VICTORY OF THE COMFORTABLE CLASSES | 47 |
A DIVIDED AUSTRALIA | 80 |
John Joseph Ambrose Curtin and Robert Gordon Menzies frontispiece | 116 |
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