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... travelling ' swells ' . In 1850 a Darling River shanty keeper ex- plained : ... eating and drinking ( that is tea ) ... travelled on horseback , it was another thing , 26 Half a century later the same practice still obtained at Dunstan's ...
... travelling ' swells ' . In 1850 a Darling River shanty keeper ex- plained : ... eating and drinking ( that is tea ) ... travelled on horseback , it was another thing , 26 Half a century later the same practice still obtained at Dunstan's ...
Page 96
... travelling at home in Britain . Contemporaries were often struck by the strong resem- blance between the life of bushmen and that of seamen , and indeed , between the lonely monotony of the bush and that of the ocean.59 And as we have ...
... travelling at home in Britain . Contemporaries were often struck by the strong resem- blance between the life of bushmen and that of seamen , and indeed , between the lonely monotony of the bush and that of the ocean.59 And as we have ...
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Russel Braddock Ward. squatter was travelling , or for some other reason far removed from the homestead and his women ... travelled widely in the out- back remarked that Englishmen were unpopular throughout the Australian colonies . He ...
Russel Braddock Ward. squatter was travelling , or for some other reason far removed from the homestead and his women ... travelled widely in the out- back remarked that Englishmen were unpopular throughout the Australian colonies . He ...
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THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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