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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... women ; all told , thirty - one thousand , nine hundred and twenty - six men were transported and five thousand six hundred and eighty women , or a proportion of 5.6 men to every woman — a proportion which was increasing rather than ...
... women ; all told , thirty - one thousand , nine hundred and twenty - six men were transported and five thousand six hundred and eighty women , or a proportion of 5.6 men to every woman — a proportion which was increasing rather than ...
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... women transported to New South Wales from England and Scotland between 1788 and 1823 were dependent on crime for a ... women was from twenty - three to twenty - five . Again , it was customary to select women below the age of forty ...
... women transported to New South Wales from England and Scotland between 1788 and 1823 were dependent on crime for a ... women was from twenty - three to twenty - five . Again , it was customary to select women below the age of forty ...
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... women who hawked the body to sup- plement the takings from theft . There were women such as Mrs Pryor who visited the convict women ships to distribute haberdashery and to read to them from the Word , to be greeted by drunken women ...
... women who hawked the body to sup- plement the takings from theft . There were women such as Mrs Pryor who visited the convict women ships to distribute haberdashery and to read to them from the Word , to be greeted by drunken women ...
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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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