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 139
In the general election of June 1859 manhood suffrage , electoral redistribution ,
and the secret ballot gave Cowper , Robertson , and Parkes and men of like mind
on the land question a majority in the Legislative Assembly . Cowper again ...
In the general election of June 1859 manhood suffrage , electoral redistribution ,
and the secret ballot gave Cowper , Robertson , and Parkes and men of like mind
on the land question a majority in the Legislative Assembly . Cowper again ...
Page 153
As they proceeded up the bed of the Diamantina to the site of the present
settlement of Birdsville , they were delighted to find the country improved with
every step they took , that in a green year the sombre bush teemed with life and
gave them ...
As they proceeded up the bed of the Diamantina to the site of the present
settlement of Birdsville , they were delighted to find the country improved with
every step they took , that in a green year the sombre bush teemed with life and
gave them ...
Page 173
The other boys gave him the nickname of ' Barmy ' Arry ' . His aunts said it was a
pity he had not been born a girl . Another child died . When he was nine the thing
happened which was to cloud his whole life . He became deaf . Life became so ...
The other boys gave him the nickname of ' Barmy ' Arry ' . His aunts said it was a
pity he had not been born a girl . Another child died . When he was nine the thing
happened which was to cloud his whole life . He became deaf . Life became so ...
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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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