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Page 66
... better adapted for all the purposes of grazing and rearing cattle ... [ and ] sheep , the wool of which will without doubt eventually become the principal export of this colony'.1 When the first ten free settlers set out for Bathurst in ...
... better adapted for all the purposes of grazing and rearing cattle ... [ and ] sheep , the wool of which will without doubt eventually become the principal export of this colony'.1 When the first ten free settlers set out for Bathurst in ...
Page 86
... immediate hinter- land were left behind , the situation was no better . Men were born , and lived , without entering a church or hearing a sermon or prayer . Of those lucky enough to find helpmeets , 86 THE AUSTRALIAN LEGEND.
... immediate hinter- land were left behind , the situation was no better . Men were born , and lived , without entering a church or hearing a sermon or prayer . Of those lucky enough to find helpmeets , 86 THE AUSTRALIAN LEGEND.
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... better move on'— In short , he is in the police . And the Reverend Frederick Spout , Who in the Church very high stood ; And split hairs in divinity once , Gets his living by splitting up wood . We have seen that in most ways the ...
... better move on'— In short , he is in the police . And the Reverend Frederick Spout , Who in the Church very high stood ; And split hairs in divinity once , Gets his living by splitting up wood . We have seen that in most ways the ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
Copyright | |
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