A History of Australia: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1838 |
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Page 159
At the end of the evening , after the wine had flowed freely , they rose to their feet
to drink to their one big thing — to the currency lads and lasses , adding with
pride ' The land , boys , we live in ' . They ended on a plea for unity , as they drank
...
At the end of the evening , after the wine had flowed freely , they rose to their feet
to drink to their one big thing — to the currency lads and lasses , adding with
pride ' The land , boys , we live in ' . They ended on a plea for unity , as they drank
...
Page 177
They went on not to bewail their fate , but to use their experience as a cautionary
tale to the lads they had left behind in the ... Others found it by laughing
sardonically at the fate of being a man in New South Wales : The Currency Lads
may fill ...
They went on not to bewail their fate , but to use their experience as a cautionary
tale to the lads they had left behind in the ... Others found it by laughing
sardonically at the fate of being a man in New South Wales : The Currency Lads
may fill ...
Page 215
It had no local population , for it was not given to Forbes to respond to , or
possibly even know of those hopes and aspirations in the minds of the currency
lads . Two years earlier the Currency Lad had begun publication in New South
Wales ...
It had no local population , for it was not given to Forbes to respond to , or
possibly even know of those hopes and aspirations in the minds of the currency
lads . Two years earlier the Currency Lad had begun publication in New South
Wales ...
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Contents
THE SETTING IN NEW SOUTH WALES | 17 |
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE | 57 |
THE NATIVE SON OFFENDS GROSSLY | 67 |
Copyright | |
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