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Page 56
... wrote : There is already a degree of nationality in Van Diemen's Land ; people begin to talk of the good old times with which the old names are connected ; and a governor might as well abolish the English language by proclamation , as ...
... wrote : There is already a degree of nationality in Van Diemen's Land ; people begin to talk of the good old times with which the old names are connected ; and a governor might as well abolish the English language by proclamation , as ...
Page 59
... wrote , colonial conditions had already evoked in the native - born what Cunningham called an ' open manly simplicity of character ' . ' Harris ' was strongly im- pressed by the same trait when he wrote of the ' manly inde- pendence of ...
... wrote , colonial conditions had already evoked in the native - born what Cunningham called an ' open manly simplicity of character ' . ' Harris ' was strongly im- pressed by the same trait when he wrote of the ' manly inde- pendence of ...
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... wrote : They are very fond of change , wandering about the country generally in pairs , and rarely remaining more than a year in one service . They are to be found more at the distant stations and in newly - settled country where wages ...
... wrote : They are very fond of change , wandering about the country generally in pairs , and rarely remaining more than a year in one service . They are to be found more at the distant stations and in newly - settled country where wages ...
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THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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