A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 154
... turned so oppressively hot and sultry that the slightest exertion made them feel as though they were being suffo- cated , and left them both with a helpless feeling of lassitude . That silence between men fearful of having missed out ...
... turned so oppressively hot and sultry that the slightest exertion made them feel as though they were being suffo- cated , and left them both with a helpless feeling of lassitude . That silence between men fearful of having missed out ...
Page 167
... turned the hard rock into a standing water and the flint stone into a springing well , and was now filling his barns with golden grain . * In many parts of the colonies of New South Wales , Victoria and Queens- land the most noteworthy ...
... turned the hard rock into a standing water and the flint stone into a springing well , and was now filling his barns with golden grain . * In many parts of the colonies of New South Wales , Victoria and Queens- land the most noteworthy ...
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... turned to Byron for refreshment when confronted by the plains of desolation . After his arrival in Adelaide in 1850 , he tried his luck on the Victorian gold - fields but , Dame Fortune not smiling on him , he became a clerk in ...
... turned to Byron for refreshment when confronted by the plains of desolation . After his arrival in Adelaide in 1850 , he tried his luck on the Victorian gold - fields but , Dame Fortune not smiling on him , he became a clerk in ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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