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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Page 179
... looked forward to the time when the confederation of British colonies in this hemisphere would be looked upon as one of the most brilliant constellations in the diadem of Imperial Britain . After all , both those strains lived in him ...
... looked forward to the time when the confederation of British colonies in this hemisphere would be looked upon as one of the most brilliant constellations in the diadem of Imperial Britain . After all , both those strains lived in him ...
Page 315
... looked forward to that joyous day when they would be launched on an unknown sea and run happily towards the tropics . Instead they came to a desert where he and his immediate com- panion were the only living things in a ' death - like ...
... looked forward to that joyous day when they would be launched on an unknown sea and run happily towards the tropics . Instead they came to a desert where he and his immediate com- panion were the only living things in a ' death - like ...
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... looked as though that dead hand of the past which had condemned them to the fate of a stricken people while New South Wales was shedding convictism was about to be removed . It looked as though Van Diemen's Land was about to rejoin the ...
... looked as though that dead hand of the past which had condemned them to the fate of a stricken people while New South Wales was shedding convictism was about to be removed . It looked as though Van Diemen's Land was about to rejoin the ...
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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