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... important as in Australia , was the staple , but the working hands were Hottentots or Bantus , whose culture was so different from that of their Boer and British masters that any useful comparison between their life and influence , and ...
... important as in Australia , was the staple , but the working hands were Hottentots or Bantus , whose culture was so different from that of their Boer and British masters that any useful comparison between their life and influence , and ...
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... important ingredient in the distinctive Australian ethos which was developing . Even though Irishmen seemed usually to retain a greater sentimental attachment to their native soil than did the English immigrants , other powerful factors ...
... important ingredient in the distinctive Australian ethos which was developing . Even though Irishmen seemed usually to retain a greater sentimental attachment to their native soil than did the English immigrants , other powerful factors ...
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... important effect of the frontier has been in the pro- motion of democracy here and in Europe . As has been indicated the frontier has been productive of individualism . Complex society is precipitated by the wilderness into a kind of ...
... important effect of the frontier has been in the pro- motion of democracy here and in Europe . As has been indicated the frontier has been productive of individualism . Complex society is precipitated by the wilderness into a kind of ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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