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Page 104
When the white man planted his civilization in Australia in January 1788 there were probably 250 000 Aborigines in Australia of whom 2500 lived in Tasmania and the islands of Bass Strait . That year there were 1024 white inhabitants .
When the white man planted his civilization in Australia in January 1788 there were probably 250 000 Aborigines in Australia of whom 2500 lived in Tasmania and the islands of Bass Strait . That year there were 1024 white inhabitants .
Page 107
Aborigines . Aboriginal women , too , were forced on to the ships to provide sexual satisfaction for white men.35 The commercial squeeze cast the eyes of the covetous to the lands in all the colonies which had been set aside at an ...
Aborigines . Aboriginal women , too , were forced on to the ships to provide sexual satisfaction for white men.35 The commercial squeeze cast the eyes of the covetous to the lands in all the colonies which had been set aside at an ...
Page 319
They found most of the dances ( corroborees ) of the Aborigines harmless entertainments , but there were two ... which the Aborigine lapsed into degradation just as unpleasing to the white man's eyes as his life as a primitive savage .
They found most of the dances ( corroborees ) of the Aborigines harmless entertainments , but there were two ... which the Aborigine lapsed into degradation just as unpleasing to the white man's eyes as his life as a primitive savage .
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Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 5 A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0522842232, 9780522842234 |
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