A History of Australia [vol. 4]Melbourne University, 1963 - Australia |
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... bush- rangers ' rum and the bushrangers ' women . The bushrangers , it was said , used part of their spoils to corrupt a whole neighbourhood and terrorize those whom they could not corrupt . Some said the police would never be able to ...
... bush- rangers ' rum and the bushrangers ' women . The bushrangers , it was said , used part of their spoils to corrupt a whole neighbourhood and terrorize those whom they could not corrupt . Some said the police would never be able to ...
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... bush people were not put off by the cruel tricks that nature had played on him . Men , they believed , were maddened , coarsen- ed and brutalized by harsh treatment . As a prisoner of the Crown , Morgan had been flogged unmercifully ...
... bush people were not put off by the cruel tricks that nature had played on him . Men , they believed , were maddened , coarsen- ed and brutalized by harsh treatment . As a prisoner of the Crown , Morgan had been flogged unmercifully ...
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... bush of Australia . The iron rail heralded , he prophesied , the end of ' The Roaring Days ' : The brooding bush , awakened , Was stirred in wild unrest , And all the year a human stream Went pouring to the West . The rough bush roads ...
... bush of Australia . The iron rail heralded , he prophesied , the end of ' The Roaring Days ' : The brooding bush , awakened , Was stirred in wild unrest , And all the year a human stream Went pouring to the West . The rough bush roads ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 11 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 25 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 49 |
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