A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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... streets and over the tops of the houses . The stench of burning goats , sheep and cattle wafted into the town , as men and women and children trembled in the streets . In the Cape Otway ranges flames of fire fanned by a savage wind ...
... streets and over the tops of the houses . The stench of burning goats , sheep and cattle wafted into the town , as men and women and children trembled in the streets . In the Cape Otway ranges flames of fire fanned by a savage wind ...
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... Street , and the day before that a murder in Geelong . ' Shooting in the streets , bushranging upon the roads ... robbery , insult , outrage of every sort , shape and degree ' so astounded them that they wondered whether Victoria was ...
... Street , and the day before that a murder in Geelong . ' Shooting in the streets , bushranging upon the roads ... robbery , insult , outrage of every sort , shape and degree ' so astounded them that they wondered whether Victoria was ...
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... streets of Melbourne a reflection of all the uproar in his own soul . Like his own soul , Melbourne was a ... Street at night sewing - girls and milliners ' apprentices , driven by one of the great hungers of mankind , gaped at a group ...
... streets of Melbourne a reflection of all the uproar in his own soul . Like his own soul , Melbourne was a ... Street at night sewing - girls and milliners ' apprentices , driven by one of the great hungers of mankind , gaped at a group ...
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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