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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Hardy believed that the respectable and the intelligent on the gold - fields would
act as a leaven on the whole . Despite the disadvantages of their convict past ,
the people of New South Wales had imparted to their new home that respect for ...
Hardy believed that the respectable and the intelligent on the gold - fields would
act as a leaven on the whole . Despite the disadvantages of their convict past ,
the people of New South Wales had imparted to their new home that respect for ...
Page 59
In 1852 a population of 35 000 on the gold - fields of Victoria produced 173 893
oz , or 5 oz per head of the population ; in 1854 a population of 100 351
produced 151 373 oz , or 1 / 2 oz per head of all ages and classes . The would -
be owner ...
In 1852 a population of 35 000 on the gold - fields of Victoria produced 173 893
oz , or 5 oz per head of the population ; in 1854 a population of 100 351
produced 151 373 oz , or 1 / 2 oz per head of all ages and classes . The would -
be owner ...
Page 125
By contrast , on the same gold - fields some diggers professed their faith in
human brotherhood , and testified that the bounteous gifts of Heaven belonged to
the whole human race . 10 By 1860 the majority of diggers on the fields at ...
By contrast , on the same gold - fields some diggers professed their faith in
human brotherhood , and testified that the bounteous gifts of Heaven belonged to
the whole human race . 10 By 1860 the majority of diggers on the fields at ...
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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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