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... hundred years and more ago . It was natural for shearers on the spree in a grog shanty at the end of the season ... hundred accordions and fifty gross of the harps of Judah are considered small investments by one vessel . A shepherd has ...
... hundred years and more ago . It was natural for shearers on the spree in a grog shanty at the end of the season ... hundred accordions and fifty gross of the harps of Judah are considered small investments by one vessel . A shepherd has ...
Page 173
... hundred and sixty with the blades on the Darling . ' Most of the many extant shearers ' ballads not only reflect the high renown of the calling but suggest also an important reason for it . By the 1880's shearers , more even than most ...
... hundred and sixty with the blades on the Darling . ' Most of the many extant shearers ' ballads not only reflect the high renown of the calling but suggest also an important reason for it . By the 1880's shearers , more even than most ...
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... hundred , but three and four and five hundred miles that you must go back from the sea if you would find yourself face to face with the one powerful and unique national type yet produced in the new land ... Frankly I find not only all ...
... hundred , but three and four and five hundred miles that you must go back from the sea if you would find yourself face to face with the one powerful and unique national type yet produced in the new land ... Frankly I find not only all ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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