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 81
These ' feverish convulsions ' were a well - merited retribution for Victorian
arrogance . ... In its insolence and pride Victoria had declared the people of Van
Diemen ' s Land to be such thieves , murderers and outcasts that they were
unworthy ...
These ' feverish convulsions ' were a well - merited retribution for Victorian
arrogance . ... In its insolence and pride Victoria had declared the people of Van
Diemen ' s Land to be such thieves , murderers and outcasts that they were
unworthy ...
Page 144
As they saw it , Victoria ' s duty as the wealthiest and the leading member of the
Australian colonies was to succeed where ... politically belonging to New South
Wales might commercially be regarded as an enlargement of Victorian territory .
As they saw it , Victoria ' s duty as the wealthiest and the leading member of the
Australian colonies was to succeed where ... politically belonging to New South
Wales might commercially be regarded as an enlargement of Victorian territory .
Page 339
The same sentiments were expressed when the Great Southern Railway was
opened to Albury on 4 February 1881 . The speakers , led by the premier of New
South Wales , Sir Henry Parkes , and the premier of Victoria , Graham Berry , took
...
The same sentiments were expressed when the Great Southern Railway was
opened to Albury on 4 February 1881 . The speakers , led by the premier of New
South Wales , Sir Henry Parkes , and the premier of Victoria , Graham Berry , took
...
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 1 |
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 25 |
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