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Page 221
... bush had overwhelmed him in Australia . ' He looked at the weird , white , dead trees , and into the hollow distances of the bush . Nothing ! Nothing at all . ' In Australia he had known the ' deep mystery of joy ' sitting on the edge ...
... bush had overwhelmed him in Australia . ' He looked at the weird , white , dead trees , and into the hollow distances of the bush . Nothing ! Nothing at all . ' In Australia he had known the ' deep mystery of joy ' sitting on the edge ...
Page 227
... bush . So while the ' groupies ' got up at crack of dawn and slaved all day , Sir Joseph Cook , the High Commissioner in London , told prospective migrants that Australia was ' the land of the better chance ' . There was ' sunshine and ...
... bush . So while the ' groupies ' got up at crack of dawn and slaved all day , Sir Joseph Cook , the High Commissioner in London , told prospective migrants that Australia was ' the land of the better chance ' . There was ' sunshine and ...
Page 424
... bush was to face the Old World in a contest between one man with the bush virtues , and another employing the cunning , deviousness and tricks of an old and corrupt civilization . Bradman came to the crease when the Australian score was ...
... bush was to face the Old World in a contest between one man with the bush virtues , and another employing the cunning , deviousness and tricks of an old and corrupt civilization . Bradman came to the crease when the Australian score was ...
Contents
VICTORY OF THE COMFORTABLE CLASSES | 47 |
A DIVIDED AUSTRALIA | 80 |
John Joseph Ambrose Curtin and Robert Gordon Menzies frontispiece | 116 |
Copyright | |
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