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Page 70
... called in the colony a ' first fleeter ' . He declares that he has been originally in the service of the actual explorer and earliest occupant of the run , . . . and all the other witnesses are put to silence , and listen in admiration ...
... called in the colony a ' first fleeter ' . He declares that he has been originally in the service of the actual explorer and earliest occupant of the run , . . . and all the other witnesses are put to silence , and listen in admiration ...
Page 111
... called spontaneously on the Wauchope Creek wolfram field in the Northern Territory . By levying themselves , the miners paid two of their number ( at better than the then prevailing wage rate ) to ' clean up ' the camp site , and thus ...
... called spontaneously on the Wauchope Creek wolfram field in the Northern Territory . By levying themselves , the miners paid two of their number ( at better than the then prevailing wage rate ) to ' clean up ' the camp site , and thus ...
Page 113
... called the Australian national game was played in ' schools ' in ' out - of - sight corners of the prison yard'.19 Drunkenness could not , in the nature of things , have been more rife on the diggings than it had been in the days of the ...
... called the Australian national game was played in ' schools ' in ' out - of - sight corners of the prison yard'.19 Drunkenness could not , in the nature of things , have been more rife on the diggings than it had been in the days of the ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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