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... hands crossed to stand by them ' , 20 when he joined a gang of bushrangers . And in 1840 T. P. Macqueen declared ... hands ' . Thus , when J. C. Byrne in 1839 drove nearly 1,000 head of cattle overland from Yass Plains to Adelaide , he ...
... hands crossed to stand by them ' , 20 when he joined a gang of bushrangers . And in 1840 T. P. Macqueen declared ... hands ' . Thus , when J. C. Byrne in 1839 drove nearly 1,000 head of cattle overland from Yass Plains to Adelaide , he ...
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... hands.8 On sheep stations , shearing was the most specialized and skilled occupation . Perhaps because it was also the most completely nomadic of all outback jobs , it seems to have attracted a higher proportion of old hands than any ...
... hands.8 On sheep stations , shearing was the most specialized and skilled occupation . Perhaps because it was also the most completely nomadic of all outback jobs , it seems to have attracted a higher proportion of old hands than any ...
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... hands who had been on the fields from the beginning : A curious meeting sometimes takes place around the Evening camp - fire . The new chum sits on the logs about the fire listening to the tales of crime and adventure of some ' old hand ...
... hands who had been on the fields from the beginning : A curious meeting sometimes takes place around the Evening camp - fire . The new chum sits on the logs about the fire listening to the tales of crime and adventure of some ' old hand ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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