A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 158
... flowers were blooming and the air had that majestic radiance of the winter months in the inland . By then they were blind to all the beauty in the world . After travelling nine or ten miles Mr Burke became too weak to 27 Ibid . , pp ...
... flowers were blooming and the air had that majestic radiance of the winter months in the inland . By then they were blind to all the beauty in the world . After travelling nine or ten miles Mr Burke became too weak to 27 Ibid . , pp ...
Page 206
... flowers of the field . As the priest read more of those solemn words , Ben Hall's sister - in - law , shaking with grief and anger , shouted out that if it had not been for the treachery of Ben Hall's wife , who gave her body to a ...
... flowers of the field . As the priest read more of those solemn words , Ben Hall's sister - in - law , shaking with grief and anger , shouted out that if it had not been for the treachery of Ben Hall's wife , who gave her body to a ...
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... flowers around his ' sweet little face ' . A few days later just before the coffin was fastened down the father and mother hung over it silently weeping , kissing again and again their dead child . After their friends carried the coffin ...
... flowers around his ' sweet little face ' . A few days later just before the coffin was fastened down the father and mother hung over it silently weeping , kissing again and again their dead child . After their friends carried the coffin ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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