A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 69
... drunken revellers ransacked the ashes in search of bottles of rum and other ardent spirits , while Westerby lay on his back in drunken oblivion . The great roar of the mob rolled over to the camp as a herald of a future day of reckoning ...
... drunken revellers ransacked the ashes in search of bottles of rum and other ardent spirits , while Westerby lay on his back in drunken oblivion . The great roar of the mob rolled over to the camp as a herald of a future day of reckoning ...
Page 220
... drunken blaspheming diggers , rushing from tap - house to tap- house , were flinging money around like dust , and running riot in the streets , sometimes accompanied by bedizened Jezebels who fleeced them of their money and anything ...
... drunken blaspheming diggers , rushing from tap - house to tap- house , were flinging money around like dust , and running riot in the streets , sometimes accompanied by bedizened Jezebels who fleeced them of their money and anything ...
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... Drunken sailors staggered down the street . A preacher harangued a small crowd , while little boys picked the pockets of those who were hearing of God's plan for the salvation of mankind . Late at night vaudeville shows vomited forth a ...
... Drunken sailors staggered down the street . A preacher harangued a small crowd , while little boys picked the pockets of those who were hearing of God's plan for the salvation of mankind . Late at night vaudeville shows vomited forth a ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
Copyright | |
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