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... English immigrants , other powerful factors tended to attach them also more quickly and closely to that of their adopted country . The brute fact that their standard of living at home was so much lower than that of the English must have ...
... English immigrants , other powerful factors tended to attach them also more quickly and closely to that of their adopted country . The brute fact that their standard of living at home was so much lower than that of the English must have ...
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Russel Braddock Ward. cultivated ninny whose asininity is almost purely a function of his English birth and nurture.24 Here as elsewhere Furphy reflects very faithfully the bush - workers ' attitude . One of the many ballads on English ...
Russel Braddock Ward. cultivated ninny whose asininity is almost purely a function of his English birth and nurture.24 Here as elsewhere Furphy reflects very faithfully the bush - workers ' attitude . One of the many ballads on English ...
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... English ex - service men , wearing as many ribbons as prize bulls . These English ex - service men , by the way , volunteered to a man when the war broke out , and the Australian ranks were full of Yorkshiremen , Cockneys , and Cousin ...
... English ex - service men , wearing as many ribbons as prize bulls . These English ex - service men , by the way , volunteered to a man when the war broke out , and the Australian ranks were full of Yorkshiremen , Cockneys , and Cousin ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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