A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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... democracy was inevitable . The question for Cowper was whether democracy was to be stained by the men with what de Tocqueville had called the ' depraved taste ' , or adorned with that grace and elegance which distinguished life in ...
... democracy was inevitable . The question for Cowper was whether democracy was to be stained by the men with what de Tocqueville had called the ' depraved taste ' , or adorned with that grace and elegance which distinguished life in ...
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... democracy in America.33 In the cities on nomination day all the candidates made their bow towards democracy . For the electorate of Sydney , one of the key electorates in New South Wales , the candidates stressed that they themselves ...
... democracy in America.33 In the cities on nomination day all the candidates made their bow towards democracy . For the electorate of Sydney , one of the key electorates in New South Wales , the candidates stressed that they themselves ...
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... democracy was , and to identify the colonial democrats . ' Some said that the aim of democracy was to abolish all privileges and distinctions in society ; that , like industrial civilization , colonial democrats were great levellers ...
... democracy was , and to identify the colonial democrats . ' Some said that the aim of democracy was to abolish all privileges and distinctions in society ; that , like industrial civilization , colonial democrats were great levellers ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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