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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... England and Scotland . For all the evidence suggests that a very high proportion of the men and women transported to New South Wales from England and Scotland between 1788 and 1823 were dependent on crime for a living : that is to say ...
... England and Scotland . For all the evidence suggests that a very high proportion of the men and women transported to New South Wales from England and Scotland between 1788 and 1823 were dependent on crime for a living : that is to say ...
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... England . A few accepted land grants , a few worked for wages , but the majority chose to return to England.88 The officers and the marines were just as nostalgic . Johnson was weary of being tied with the crooked and ungodly ways of ...
... England . A few accepted land grants , a few worked for wages , but the majority chose to return to England.88 The officers and the marines were just as nostalgic . Johnson was weary of being tied with the crooked and ungodly ways of ...
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... England between 1803 and 1805 , he returned to Bombay in 1805 where he learned that he had been appointed commander of the seventy - third regiment which was on its way back to England . He returned from India by way of Persia and ...
... England between 1803 and 1805 , he returned to Bombay in 1805 where he learned that he had been appointed commander of the seventy - third regiment which was on its way back to England . He returned from India by way of Persia and ...
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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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