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... station to station horse- breaking or droving . His youth and early manhood were spent in the outback areas of New South Wales and Queensland , and it was these areas that furnished the material for all his yarns . Because of his tales ...
... station to station horse- breaking or droving . His youth and early manhood were spent in the outback areas of New South Wales and Queensland , and it was these areas that furnished the material for all his yarns . Because of his tales ...
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... station to another in search of more congenial work , or merely for a change of scene . This constant moving about , itself largely a result of the extreme isolation of bush life , helped in the psychological conquest of that isolation ...
... station to another in search of more congenial work , or merely for a change of scene . This constant moving about , itself largely a result of the extreme isolation of bush life , helped in the psychological conquest of that isolation ...
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... station , I am just your very man . Pack up the old portmanteau , and label it Paroo , With a name aristocratic - Jimmy Sago , Jackaroo . When you get on to the station , of small things you'll make a fuss , And in speaking of the station ...
... station , I am just your very man . Pack up the old portmanteau , and label it Paroo , With a name aristocratic - Jimmy Sago , Jackaroo . When you get on to the station , of small things you'll make a fuss , And in speaking of the station ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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