A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 139
... gave Cowper , Robertson , and Parkes and men of like mind on the land question a majority in the Legislative Assembly . Cowper again formed a ministry with Jack Robertson , the member for the Upper Hunter , as secretary for lands . But ...
... gave Cowper , Robertson , and Parkes and men of like mind on the land question a majority in the Legislative Assembly . Cowper again formed a ministry with Jack Robertson , the member for the Upper Hunter , as secretary for lands . But ...
Page 153
... gave them fish . In return Mr Burke gave the blacks beads and matches . For a brief season Mr Burke became god - like , a lord of cre- ation.17 Mr Burke still spoke of those consummate food - gatherers as men who might try to ' bully or ...
... gave them fish . In return Mr Burke gave the blacks beads and matches . For a brief season Mr Burke became god - like , a lord of cre- ation.17 Mr Burke still spoke of those consummate food - gatherers as men who might try to ' bully or ...
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... gave a lecture in the Institute Hall on the contrast between the bad old times and modern progress . His theme was the contribution by industrial civilization to the reduction of human drudgery and misery and the increase of human ...
... gave a lecture in the Institute Hall on the contrast between the bad old times and modern progress . His theme was the contribution by industrial civilization to the reduction of human drudgery and misery and the increase of human ...
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THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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