A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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... fight between a white man and a black man who amused their fellow - diggers by knocking each other to pieces for £ 10 a side . Drunken miners enlivened the tedium of the day with foot - racing , gambling and cock - fighting ...
... fight between a white man and a black man who amused their fellow - diggers by knocking each other to pieces for £ 10 a side . Drunken miners enlivened the tedium of the day with foot - racing , gambling and cock - fighting ...
Page 83
... fight which he must lose . He noticed the wild diggers in Melbourne guzzling champagne , and depicted on their faces the hideous leers of men who had surrendered to the grosser appetites . He had the insight of the drunkard into what ...
... fight which he must lose . He noticed the wild diggers in Melbourne guzzling champagne , and depicted on their faces the hideous leers of men who had surrendered to the grosser appetites . He had the insight of the drunkard into what ...
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... fight like men for the right to a claim . Muzzle - loading guns and Snyder rifles , rather than first occupation ... fighting continued for three or four days until Warden Selheim , with the aid of the police , surrounded the two warring ...
... fight like men for the right to a claim . Muzzle - loading guns and Snyder rifles , rather than first occupation ... fighting continued for three or four days until Warden Selheim , with the aid of the police , surrounded the two warring ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
Copyright | |
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