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Page 72
... tion to the eastern mainland had ended . A. B. Peirce , an American , was skipper of the Lady Daly , one of the first river steamers to navigate the River Darling . At Menindie , in a resplendent blue uniform , he went ashore to sell ...
... tion to the eastern mainland had ended . A. B. Peirce , an American , was skipper of the Lady Daly , one of the first river steamers to navigate the River Darling . At Menindie , in a resplendent blue uniform , he went ashore to sell ...
Page 87
... tion of Catholic bushmen , many of whom were sincerely religious , he says . They were not usually mocked , because of a feeling that their religion was both so deeply ingrained , and yet so purely formal , that ordinary canons of ...
... tion of Catholic bushmen , many of whom were sincerely religious , he says . They were not usually mocked , because of a feeling that their religion was both so deeply ingrained , and yet so purely formal , that ordinary canons of ...
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... tion those squatters who had the reputation of being hard or unjust taskmasters . Indeed , it is misleading to speak of two ' waves ' of bushranging , separated by the Gold Rush decade . In fact many men found it easier to rob the ...
... tion those squatters who had the reputation of being hard or unjust taskmasters . Indeed , it is misleading to speak of two ' waves ' of bushranging , separated by the Gold Rush decade . In fact many men found it easier to rob the ...
Contents
THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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