A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 77
... politicians and not by that mountebank politician who presided over the government of Victoria . Some were heard to raise the cry of ' Victoria for the Victorians ' . Over in the camp , officers and men were showing by all sorts of ...
... politicians and not by that mountebank politician who presided over the government of Victoria . Some were heard to raise the cry of ' Victoria for the Victorians ' . Over in the camp , officers and men were showing by all sorts of ...
Page 184
... politicians that if their district was to advance they must build a rail track into the area . Those in the country continued to comfort and entertain themselves as best they could with the culture they knew . They gathered in a school ...
... politicians that if their district was to advance they must build a rail track into the area . Those in the country continued to comfort and entertain themselves as best they could with the culture they knew . They gathered in a school ...
Page 258
... politicians were ' mean and contemptible ' . Under the strain the appearance of the man began to change . He lost ... politician or in- timated any grandeur of vision the mockers of New South Wales howled him down . When young he had ...
... politicians were ' mean and contemptible ' . Under the strain the appearance of the man began to change . He lost ... politician or in- timated any grandeur of vision the mockers of New South Wales howled him down . When young he had ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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