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 62
On 25 June six or seven hundred diggers resolved that in their opinion the
prospective increase of population demanded some energetic steps by
government to ' prevent an extensive pauperisation among the diggers . They
also resolved ...
On 25 June six or seven hundred diggers resolved that in their opinion the
prospective increase of population demanded some energetic steps by
government to ' prevent an extensive pauperisation among the diggers . They
also resolved ...
Page 64
pid blockin ' and the vine diggers Pled nec all descriptions boasted that if the
demands of the diggers were not instantly granted they would lead them on to
blood and victory . In alarm George Thompson called three cheers for the good
old ...
pid blockin ' and the vine diggers Pled nec all descriptions boasted that if the
demands of the diggers were not instantly granted they would lead them on to
blood and victory . In alarm George Thompson called three cheers for the good
old ...
Page 73
This wrought in the diggers a high pitch of excitement . The face of that nice man
Captain H . C . Wise , who wanted people to be kind and tender with each other ,
lit up with a smile as he recognized men and women with whom he had enjoyed
...
This wrought in the diggers a high pitch of excitement . The face of that nice man
Captain H . C . Wise , who wanted people to be kind and tender with each other ,
lit up with a smile as he recognized men and women with whom he had enjoyed
...
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Contents
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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