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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Then the inhabitants of those forty - odd tents and huts at Holdfast Bay began to
move their goods and chattels over the plain to Adelaide . One young man used
a wheelbarrow . The Fisher family put their mother on a pony with a mattress and
...
Then the inhabitants of those forty - odd tents and huts at Holdfast Bay began to
move their goods and chattels over the plain to Adelaide . One young man used
a wheelbarrow . The Fisher family put their mother on a pony with a mattress and
...
Page 93
12 Soon after the arrival of Fawkner , the affairs of the members of the Port Phillip
Association began to decline . After John Batman ' s eighth child - a son - was
drowned , he seemed to lose all faith in himself as a man and to wander around ...
12 Soon after the arrival of Fawkner , the affairs of the members of the Port Phillip
Association began to decline . After John Batman ' s eighth child - a son - was
drowned , he seemed to lose all faith in himself as a man and to wander around ...
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She began to wonder why it was that Montagu could mouth the principles of
moral rectitude with the skill of a Tartuffe and ... She even began to wonder
whether he was one of those cruel men who took pleasure in tormenting innocent
men ...
She began to wonder why it was that Montagu could mouth the principles of
moral rectitude with the skill of a Tartuffe and ... She even began to wonder
whether he was one of those cruel men who took pleasure in tormenting innocent
men ...
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Contents
THE IRONAGE MEN OF NEW HOLLAND | 1 |
ANOTHER PROVINCE FOR BRITAINS GENTRY 2 ANOTHER PROVINCE FOR BRITAIN | 2 |
A BRITISH PROVINCE WITH A LAUDABLE PURPOSE | 53 |
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