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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35 In the meantime Wentworth and Deas Thomson pushed on with their
preparations to leave for England , where they hoped to ... Henry Parkes and the
liberals of Sydney warned Wentworth that he would not be ' cock of the walk ' in
London .
35 In the meantime Wentworth and Deas Thomson pushed on with their
preparations to leave for England , where they hoped to ... Henry Parkes and the
liberals of Sydney warned Wentworth that he would not be ' cock of the walk ' in
London .
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Down in Sydney William Charles Wentworth was afraid the world in which he
could fulfil his dream of Australia as a country for English country gentlemen was
about to be shattered . Gentlemen in Australia , he feared , were ' like the last
roses ...
Down in Sydney William Charles Wentworth was afraid the world in which he
could fulfil his dream of Australia as a country for English country gentlemen was
about to be shattered . Gentlemen in Australia , he feared , were ' like the last
roses ...
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native son should be honoured : his body should be brought back to be buried in
the land of his birth . Had not Wentworth himself put the question , Land of my
birth ! Dear Australasia , can I e ' er forget Thee , Mother Earth ? 38 For
Wentworth ...
native son should be honoured : his body should be brought back to be buried in
the land of his birth . Had not Wentworth himself put the question , Land of my
birth ! Dear Australasia , can I e ' er forget Thee , Mother Earth ? 38 For
Wentworth ...
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PROLOGUE | 1 |
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 25 |
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| Title | A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888 Volume 4 of A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 Volume 4 of Dummy reekstitel |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1962 |
| ISBN | 0522841473, 9780522841473 |
| Length | 427 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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