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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He believed that within a few years a British population , rich in civilization and
the means of transforming an unoccupied country to one teeming with inhabitants
and produce , would soon follow in his steps . Like all the other men who ...
He believed that within a few years a British population , rich in civilization and
the means of transforming an unoccupied country to one teeming with inhabitants
and produce , would soon follow in his steps . Like all the other men who ...
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In a pamphlet in 1830 he repeated his point that a ' sufficient price ' for the waste
lands could win the struggle for civilization against the barbarizing tendencies of
dispersion . When news reached London in the summer of 1831 of the fertile ...
In a pamphlet in 1830 he repeated his point that a ' sufficient price ' for the waste
lands could win the struggle for civilization against the barbarizing tendencies of
dispersion . When news reached London in the summer of 1831 of the fertile ...
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In the first handwritten and hand - sewn issue of the Melbourne Advertiser on 1
January 1838 Fawkner urged ' adventurous Port Phillipians ' to make their mark
on the ' Chart of advancing Civilization ' as ' Sons of Britain ' . On Easter Sunday ...
In the first handwritten and hand - sewn issue of the Melbourne Advertiser on 1
January 1838 Fawkner urged ' adventurous Port Phillipians ' to make their mark
on the ' Chart of advancing Civilization ' as ' Sons of Britain ' . On Easter Sunday ...
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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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