A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888This fourth volume continues the story [of the history of Australia] from the discovery of gold in February 1851 to the centenary of the coming of European civilization to Australia on January 26 1888. Its vital theme concerns the debate in Australian about the life of man without God; and the impending breakdown of bourgeois society, succeeded by an age of ruins. |
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Page 79
By contrast , as early as 5 December the storekeepers were so keen on the
resumption of buying and selling that they resolved at a public meeting to use
every constitutional means to restore tranquillity and good feeling . They
appointed ...
By contrast , as early as 5 December the storekeepers were so keen on the
resumption of buying and selling that they resolved at a public meeting to use
every constitutional means to restore tranquillity and good feeling . They
appointed ...
Page 80
All day on 3 December the city had been in a fearful commotion as rumours
swept through town that five hundred well - armed diggers were marching to
Melbourne where , with the help of the criminals , the madmen and the drunkards
, they ...
All day on 3 December the city had been in a fearful commotion as rumours
swept through town that five hundred well - armed diggers were marching to
Melbourne where , with the help of the criminals , the madmen and the drunkards
, they ...
Page 362
On 16 December the executive council determined that six of the nine
condemned men should suffer death , and the remaining three should be
imprisoned for life . The cabman , Charles Sweetman , was sentenced by His
Honour on 29 ...
On 16 December the executive council determined that six of the nine
condemned men should suffer death , and the remaining three should be
imprisoned for life . The cabman , Charles Sweetman , was sentenced by His
Honour on 29 ...
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 1 |
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 25 |
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