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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... wrote to his mentors in England that he could not entertain any very genuine expectations that the colony would ever turn to any very great account . God alone knew the hereafter , but appearances were against them.22 Clark wrote of it ...
... wrote to his mentors in England that he could not entertain any very genuine expectations that the colony would ever turn to any very great account . God alone knew the hereafter , but appearances were against them.22 Clark wrote of it ...
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... wrote of him as a man of good understanding , firmness and integrity.56 On Wylde and Field he was even more enthusiastic and hopeful , predicting to Bathurst in April 1817 that they would prove a great blessing and acquisition to the ...
... wrote of him as a man of good understanding , firmness and integrity.56 On Wylde and Field he was even more enthusiastic and hopeful , predicting to Bathurst in April 1817 that they would prove a great blessing and acquisition to the ...
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... wrote the case for the administration and the settlers of Van Diemen's Land in a language to which they could not aspire . He wrote of the evils arising to the settlement from the unchecked commission of crime , and from the extensive ...
... wrote the case for the administration and the settlers of Van Diemen's Land in a language to which they could not aspire . He wrote of the evils arising to the settlement from the unchecked commission of crime , and from the extensive ...
Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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