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Page 69
... usually known as tiersmen , were also famous for their rough habits , debauchery , skill and hard work . They , too , were usually old hands.8 On sheep stations , shearing was the most specialized and skilled occupation . Perhaps ...
... usually known as tiersmen , were also famous for their rough habits , debauchery , skill and hard work . They , too , were usually old hands.8 On sheep stations , shearing was the most specialized and skilled occupation . Perhaps ...
Page 75
... usually accept employment as shepherds only as a last resort.16 Thus it was that a good number of the newly arrived immigrants found their way to the bush as ' crawlers ' . Mechanics possessing any degree of skill could usually find ...
... usually accept employment as shepherds only as a last resort.16 Thus it was that a good number of the newly arrived immigrants found their way to the bush as ' crawlers ' . Mechanics possessing any degree of skill could usually find ...
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... usually had no family and scorned agricultural pursuits . It is true that the squatter was a rugged individualist even to the point of displaying a tendency to large - scale larceny where land was concerned'18 but pastoral runs were so ...
... usually had no family and scorned agricultural pursuits . It is true that the squatter was a rugged individualist even to the point of displaying a tendency to large - scale larceny where land was concerned'18 but pastoral runs were so ...
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THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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