Australia and the Australians.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:06 pm
A Concise History
By R. M. Younger.
an excerpt - page 120
Settlement.
Already the quiet new land was exerting its special spell over those who had grown up in it ; in December 1817
Mrs Macarthur wrote to an English friend of the return of her two sons :
[i]They are delighted to return to their native land and breathe not a regret for the gay scenes of the English metropolis. Nothing they saw in France or Switzerland effaced the strong desire they had to return to their native wild woods in New South Wales.[/i]
***
Well, nothings changed.
Jim.
By R. M. Younger.
an excerpt - page 120
Settlement.
Already the quiet new land was exerting its special spell over those who had grown up in it ; in December 1817
Mrs Macarthur wrote to an English friend of the return of her two sons :
[i]They are delighted to return to their native land and breathe not a regret for the gay scenes of the English metropolis. Nothing they saw in France or Switzerland effaced the strong desire they had to return to their native wild woods in New South Wales.[/i]
***
Well, nothings changed.
Jim.
