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Page 173
... reason whatever , and hissed : ' I hate the smell of a rouseabout ! ' The old man is still deeply moved by the memory of the unfairness at the heart of things . He felt it was impossible to express his resentment openly . Another octo ...
... reason whatever , and hissed : ' I hate the smell of a rouseabout ! ' The old man is still deeply moved by the memory of the unfairness at the heart of things . He felt it was impossible to express his resentment openly . Another octo ...
Page 182
... reason they seemed just to tolerate Englishmen in the bush . They used the word almost as a mark for incapacity . ' Even of a working - class immigrant who had been in the bush for many years , and who worked like a Trojan , men would ...
... reason they seemed just to tolerate Englishmen in the bush . They used the word almost as a mark for incapacity . ' Even of a working - class immigrant who had been in the bush for many years , and who worked like a Trojan , men would ...
Page 183
... reasons of his own for despising , rather than hating , those whom he designated ' cockies'.30 A major reason why the distinctive up - country ethos centred in New South Wales was that agricultural development there and in Queensland ...
... reasons of his own for despising , rather than hating , those whom he designated ' cockies'.30 A major reason why the distinctive up - country ethos centred in New South Wales was that agricultural development there and in Queensland ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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