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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... established . They rejected the idea of composing an entire colony of male and female convicts , partly because such an experiment had never been made in the history of mankind , and partly because outcasts of an old society would not ...
... established . They rejected the idea of composing an entire colony of male and female convicts , partly because such an experiment had never been made in the history of mankind , and partly because outcasts of an old society would not ...
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... established an interest in whaling and sealing in Bass Strait . He was not the first . In 1791 five English whaling ships carried convicts and stores to Sydney Cove on their way to the whaling grounds off the west coast of South America ...
... established an interest in whaling and sealing in Bass Strait . He was not the first . In 1791 five English whaling ships carried convicts and stores to Sydney Cove on their way to the whaling grounds off the west coast of South America ...
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... Established Church , or generally from the Protestant Church ; they were not to interfere with the religious education of orphans in the government charitable institutions of the colony , who were to be in- structed in the faith and ...
... Established Church , or generally from the Protestant Church ; they were not to interfere with the religious education of orphans in the government charitable institutions of the colony , who were to be in- structed in the faith 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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