A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 321
... civilization , such as the British , always ' marched over the bodies of the inferior races ' . A race which had been described as ' the lowest now on earth representative of savage humanity ' must decay and disappear before the advance ...
... civilization , such as the British , always ' marched over the bodies of the inferior races ' . A race which had been described as ' the lowest now on earth representative of savage humanity ' must decay and disappear before the advance ...
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... civilization could find the right var- nish with which to coat the underlying barbarism . The large towns on the sea - coast ministered stimulants of all kinds to a people whose craving for excitement had been aggravated by the ...
... civilization could find the right var- nish with which to coat the underlying barbarism . The large towns on the sea - coast ministered stimulants of all kinds to a people whose craving for excitement had been aggravated by the ...
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... civilization where hitherto only barbarism had prevailed . In Melbourne the Age told its readers that their city possessed finer ' architectural elevations ' than Pall Mall and St James put together . The lavishness of the street ...
... civilization where hitherto only barbarism had prevailed . In Melbourne the Age told its readers that their city possessed finer ' architectural elevations ' than Pall Mall and St James put together . The lavishness of the street ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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