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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... emancipists were those persons by whose labour and industry the colony had been cleared , and cultivated , its towns built , its agriculture and commerce carried on ; that the emancipists had acquired and possessed the far greater ...
... emancipists were those persons by whose labour and industry the colony had been cleared , and cultivated , its towns built , its agriculture and commerce carried on ; that the emancipists had acquired and possessed the far greater ...
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... emancipists except those with capital , so that the emancipists in general would remain in the class to which they belonged , the class of labourers , where their hope of future success would depend more on their own industry and ...
... emancipists except those with capital , so that the emancipists in general would remain in the class to which they belonged , the class of labourers , where their hope of future success would depend more on their own industry and ...
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... emancipists , a separate judiciary for Van Diemen's Land , and the postponement of the introduction of trial by jury ... emancipists to Bathurst . Later he was granted an interview with Horton , who assured him that the legal rights of ...
... emancipists , a separate judiciary for Van Diemen's Land , and the postponement of the introduction of trial by jury ... emancipists to Bathurst . Later he was granted an interview with Horton , who assured him that the legal rights of ...
Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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