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... Become free from expiration of sentence , but worthless Become free , reclaimed , and returned home Well conducted men , as yet under sentence Indifferent - not trustworthy Depraved characters - irreclaimable Sent to iron gangs and ...
... Become free from expiration of sentence , but worthless Become free , reclaimed , and returned home Well conducted men , as yet under sentence Indifferent - not trustworthy Depraved characters - irreclaimable Sent to iron gangs and ...
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... become a cliché , but the word ' bushman ' did not become common until twenty years later . In this chapter we shall find much evidence that the ' old Australian ' elements of the population , and in particular the pas- toral ...
... become a cliché , but the word ' bushman ' did not become common until twenty years later . In this chapter we shall find much evidence that the ' old Australian ' elements of the population , and in particular the pas- toral ...
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... become a reasonably secure and profit- able occupation ; but by then much good arable land had passed permanently into the hands of big graziers or pastoral companies . Thus the typical Australian frontiersman was not a small , in ...
... become a reasonably secure and profit- able occupation ; but by then much good arable land had passed permanently into the hands of big graziers or pastoral companies . Thus the typical Australian frontiersman was not a small , in ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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