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Phil at Sep 04, 2020 09:59 AM

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big cities. Despite all his advantages the Australian laborer does not as a rule make the most of his opportunities, being more than ever inclined to the idea that he should get his pay whether he works or not, and therefore takes life very slow and easy. Australians would resent the suggestion of a "Muncan" as they call us, but I cannot help thinking it would be a great thing if Australia could get an infusion of Yankee blood, - Just to whoop things up a little. I mean American farmers, artisans and laborers, not the class of Yankees usually met here consisting of drummers, patent medicine men, "professional" men & "queer" people generally.
Where in schooldays I saw Australia on the map, my idea was that

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big cities. Despite all his advantages the Australian laborer does not as a rule make the most of his opportunities, being more than ever