A History of Australia: From the earliest times to the age of MacquarieThe late Manning Clark aims to bring to attention the foibles and strengths in every person, traits forced to the fore in the hardship and trauma that occured during the establishment and development of white settlement in Australia. Clark uses the tragedies and successes of national heroes such as explorers and generals, and those of the average person such as soldiers at Gallipoli and farmers' wives, to create a memorable tableau. |
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... cape to which they gave the name Cape Keerweer 10 Quoted in B. H. M. Vlekke : Nusantara : A History of the East Indian Archi- pelago ( Harvard , 1945 ) , p . 132. For an example of the Dutch granting religious toleration to the Muslims ...
... cape to which they gave the name Cape Keerweer 10 Quoted in B. H. M. Vlekke : Nusantara : A History of the East Indian Archi- pelago ( Harvard , 1945 ) , p . 132. For an example of the Dutch granting religious toleration to the Muslims ...
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... cape was not part of the island of New Guinea , but part of a land to which no civilized people had up till then given a name — that it was part of Australia . On the coast of New Guinea they had sent their men on shore to entreat of ...
... cape was not part of the island of New Guinea , but part of a land to which no civilized people had up till then given a name — that it was part of Australia . On the coast of New Guinea they had sent their men on shore to entreat of ...
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... Cape of Good Hope to Djakarta . To use the trade winds he sailed due east from Cape Town for four thousand miles and then turned north . In October 1616 the ship Eendracht ( Concord ) , skipper Dirk Hartog , using this route , ran on to ...
... Cape of Good Hope to Djakarta . To use the trade winds he sailed due east from Cape Town for four thousand miles and then turned north . In October 1616 the ship Eendracht ( Concord ) , skipper Dirk Hartog , using this route , ran on to ...
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THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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