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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By 1839 migrants were warning fellow new chums to beware of the bush of
Australia : All you on emigration bent , With home and England discontent , Come
listen to this my sad lament About the bush of Australia Illawarra , Mittagong ...
By 1839 migrants were warning fellow new chums to beware of the bush of
Australia : All you on emigration bent , With home and England discontent , Come
listen to this my sad lament About the bush of Australia Illawarra , Mittagong ...
Page 272
37 No wonder contemporaries coined the phrase that the bush was ' no place for
a woman ' . Yet , paradoxically , those who possessed the pluck and the will to
endure acquired a prestige and a power in a society whose composition seemed
...
37 No wonder contemporaries coined the phrase that the bush was ' no place for
a woman ' . Yet , paradoxically , those who possessed the pluck and the will to
endure acquired a prestige and a power in a society whose composition seemed
...
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Such a great deal of mutual regard and trust was engendered by two men
working together in the solitary bush that habits of mutual helpfulness arose ,
which in turn led to gratitude and regard for each other . Under such
circumstances men ...
Such a great deal of mutual regard and trust was engendered by two men
working together in the solitary bush that habits of mutual helpfulness arose ,
which in turn led to gratitude and regard for each other . Under such
circumstances 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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| Title | A History of Australia: The beginning of an Australian civilization, 1824-1851 Volume 3 of A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Authors | Charles Manning Hope Clark, Manning Clark |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2011 |
| ISBN | 052284054X, 9780522840544 |
| Length | 491 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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