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... later versions precisely in the way that one would expect . It shows with unusual directness the pride of the old hands in their newly acquired mastery of the outback environment and what one might call the ballad's didactic function of ...
... later versions precisely in the way that one would expect . It shows with unusual directness the pride of the old hands in their newly acquired mastery of the outback environment and what one might call the ballad's didactic function of ...
Page 139
... later when Marjoribanks recorded a summarized ver- sion of the speech , remarking that it had created such a ' wonderful impression ' on the minds of the audience , that Governor Bourke had given orders that executions were to be ...
... later when Marjoribanks recorded a summarized ver- sion of the speech , remarking that it had created such a ' wonderful impression ' on the minds of the audience , that Governor Bourke had given orders that executions were to be ...
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... later outlaws . Cold - blooded murders were committed by the Clarke brothers in 1866 and by the Kellys in 1878 , as well as by Lynch in 1841 , but usually , in both the earlier and later periods , bushrangers took care to give some ...
... later outlaws . Cold - blooded murders were committed by the Clarke brothers in 1866 and by the Kellys in 1878 , as well as by Lynch in 1841 , but usually , in both the earlier and later periods , bushrangers took care to give some ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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