A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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... Protestant gentry , O'Shanassy was one of those vulgar , upstart petty - bourgeois Irish Catholic immigrants , who had accumulated wealth as a pork butcher . He had also broadcast to the world his ignorance of the canons of good taste ...
... Protestant gentry , O'Shanassy was one of those vulgar , upstart petty - bourgeois Irish Catholic immigrants , who had accumulated wealth as a pork butcher . He had also broadcast to the world his ignorance of the canons of good taste ...
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... Protestant ascendancy in the house went wild with excitement , threw their handkerchiefs into the air and gave three cheers for the Queen . When Parkes walked out into Macquarie Street that night , women hugged and kissed him . A few ...
... Protestant ascendancy in the house went wild with excitement , threw their handkerchiefs into the air and gave three cheers for the Queen . When Parkes walked out into Macquarie Street that night , women hugged and kissed him . A few ...
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... Protestant and national schools exhibited an amount of ignorance that disgraced a Christian country . The fruits of learning by rote were that children were able to recite all passages of the Gospel without becoming acquainted with any ...
... Protestant and national schools exhibited an amount of ignorance that disgraced a Christian country . The fruits of learning by rote were that children were able to recite all passages of the Gospel without becoming acquainted with any ...
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THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN 23 2 453 | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 49 |
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