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Page 109
... diggers are a very migratory class . If they hear of the dis- covery of a new gold - field , they will frequently leave their old diggings and rush to the new one , often to return deeply disappointed but without having learnt wisdom ...
... diggers are a very migratory class . If they hear of the dis- covery of a new gold - field , they will frequently leave their old diggings and rush to the new one , often to return deeply disappointed but without having learnt wisdom ...
Page 111
... diggers , 15 and this pattern of behaviour in which the whole body of assembled miners acted as judge , jury and executioner , spread later to the Western Australian fields16 and still persists . In Janu- ary 1937 , for instance , I ...
... diggers , 15 and this pattern of behaviour in which the whole body of assembled miners acted as judge , jury and executioner , spread later to the Western Australian fields16 and still persists . In Janu- ary 1937 , for instance , I ...
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... diggers repaired for their sprees , the following is recorded : [ bar - counters were ] washed down with expensive wines as a pre- liminary ceremony to ordering ' free drinks for the crowd ' , and with an imbecile idea of ostentation ...
... diggers repaired for their sprees , the following is recorded : [ bar - counters were ] washed down with expensive wines as a pre- liminary ceremony to ordering ' free drinks for the crowd ' , and with an imbecile idea of ostentation ...
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THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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