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... squatter wrote of a neighbour : He was a native - born white , and had been a stockowner all his life . His parents had ... squatters , pastoral companies , banks , and other institutions domiciled in the cities or in Great Britain . The ...
... squatter wrote of a neighbour : He was a native - born white , and had been a stockowner all his life . His parents had ... squatters , pastoral companies , banks , and other institutions domiciled in the cities or in Great Britain . The ...
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... squatters and those shearer boys , the way they jog along . The life is one of luxury , it's truly something grand To be a roving shearer in Australia's happy land . In February , eighty six , I left Burke [ sic ] with a sigh , I ...
... squatters and those shearer boys , the way they jog along . The life is one of luxury , it's truly something grand To be a roving shearer in Australia's happy land . In February , eighty six , I left Burke [ sic ] with a sigh , I ...
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... squatter was a rugged individualist even to the point of displaying a tendency to large - scale larceny where land was concerned'13 but pastoral runs were so large that there were few squatters and many hands , most of them employed on ...
... squatter was a rugged individualist even to the point of displaying a tendency to large - scale larceny where land was concerned'13 but pastoral runs were so large that there were few squatters and many hands , most of them employed on ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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