A History of Australia: The beginning of an Australian civilization, 1824-1851The late Manning Clark aims to bring to attention the foibles and strengths in every person, traits forced to the fore in the hardship and trauma that occured during the establishment and develpment of white settlement in Australia. Clark sets out to use the tragedies and successes of national heroes such as explorerers and generals, and those of the average person such as soldiers at Gallipoli and farmer's wives, to create a memorable tableau. |
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... People's Advocate . No man who thought of Rome as ' the rock of ages ' was likely to advocate the teachings of either the utopians or the scientific socialists . Before Marx had written that the proletarians had nothing to lose but ...
... People's Advocate . No man who thought of Rome as ' the rock of ages ' was likely to advocate the teachings of either the utopians or the scientific socialists . Before Marx had written that the proletarians had nothing to lose but ...
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... People's Advocate put it on 30 December , the immigrant mechanic had the same object in view as the capitalist - to better his condition . They believed the worker had a right by honest industry to raise himself in the social scale and ...
... People's Advocate put it on 30 December , the immigrant mechanic had the same object in view as the capitalist - to better his condition . They believed the worker had a right by honest industry to raise himself in the social scale and ...
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... People's Advocate boasted that the supporters of the old order could not go on much longer propping up the rotten system upon which they had become bloated and fattened . The defenders of transportation were just as intransigent and ...
... People's Advocate boasted that the supporters of the old order could not go on much longer propping up the rotten system upon which they had become bloated and fattened . The defenders of transportation were just as intransigent and ...
Contents
ANOTHER PROVINCE FOR BRITAINS GENTRY | 17 |
A BRITISH PROVINCE WITH A LAUDABLE PURPOSE | 42 |
HIGH NOON FOR MORAL IMPROVERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA | 73 |
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