A History of Australia, Volume 5Cambridge University Press, 1981 - Australia |
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Page 192
... Reverend Mr Edgar electrified his congregation by giving permission to the men during a Melbourne heat wave to remove their coats . The Reverend Mr Edgar did not make so bold as to give women permission to remove their hats , because ...
... Reverend Mr Edgar electrified his congregation by giving permission to the men during a Melbourne heat wave to remove their coats . The Reverend Mr Edgar did not make so bold as to give women permission to remove their hats , because ...
Page 333
... Reverend E. C. Spurr , the minister of the Baptist Church in Collins Street , Melbourne , blamed the decline of religious belief for such slackness . This , he believed , had perverted the rules which formerly governed human behaviour ...
... Reverend E. C. Spurr , the minister of the Baptist Church in Collins Street , Melbourne , blamed the decline of religious belief for such slackness . This , he believed , had perverted the rules which formerly governed human behaviour ...
Page 347
... Reverend J. Watts Ditchfield , an evangelist from England , no sooner plonked his pious foot down on Australian soil at Fremantle in July 1912 than he birched Australians as hedonists and vain seekers after constant titillation : ' You ...
... Reverend J. Watts Ditchfield , an evangelist from England , no sooner plonked his pious foot down on Australian soil at Fremantle in July 1912 than he birched Australians as hedonists and vain seekers after constant titillation : ' You ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
Copyright | |
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