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... Evidence , 1837 , p . 153 ( Evidence of Lt Col. H. Breton ) . 4 Canberra Times , 21 September 1955 , p . 4 : " The Vice - President of the Executive Council , Sir Eric Harrison , yesterday called Mr E. J. Ward a " sucker " who had ...
... Evidence , 1837 , p . 153 ( Evidence of Lt Col. H. Breton ) . 4 Canberra Times , 21 September 1955 , p . 4 : " The Vice - President of the Executive Council , Sir Eric Harrison , yesterday called Mr E. J. Ward a " sucker " who had ...
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... evidence . Writing of the ' society ' of outback working people , he says : Very few of its members cherished any religious thoughts ; and those who did said nothing about them . Those who had none were the chief orators upon the ...
... evidence . Writing of the ' society ' of outback working people , he says : Very few of its members cherished any religious thoughts ; and those who did said nothing about them . Those who had none were the chief orators upon the ...
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... evidence of Judge Therry who wrote : Bushrangers , it is known , have been the terror of New South Wales . Of some hundreds of them who passed through our criminal courts , I do not remember to have met with one who had not been over ...
... evidence of Judge Therry who wrote : Bushrangers , it is known , have been the terror of New South Wales . Of some hundreds of them who passed through our criminal courts , I do not remember to have met with one who had not been over ...
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THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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