A History of Australia [vol. 3]Melbourne University, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 87
... Batman . His appetite for women was just as huge as his thirst for drunken oblivion . Yet this man , through whom ... John Helder Wedge , outwardly a persevering type of man of some dryness of soul , a meticulous sober fuss - pot of a man , ...
... Batman . His appetite for women was just as huge as his thirst for drunken oblivion . Yet this man , through whom ... John Helder Wedge , outwardly a persevering type of man of some dryness of soul , a meticulous sober fuss - pot of a man , ...
Page 89
... John Batman 100 000 acres in which he could place sheep and cattle in exchange for twenty pairs of scissors , fifty handkerchiefs , twelve red shirts , four flannel jackets , four suits of clothes , fifty pounds of flour , and a yearly ...
... John Batman 100 000 acres in which he could place sheep and cattle in exchange for twenty pairs of scissors , fifty handkerchiefs , twelve red shirts , four flannel jackets , four suits of clothes , fifty pounds of flour , and a yearly ...
Page 92
... John Batman to an early death , and leave the Fawkners of this world to live on as gad - flies to the stern - faced men who were destined to print their mark on the settlement . Was this all fated to happen , or did blind chance ...
... John Batman to an early death , and leave the Fawkners of this world to live on as gad - flies to the stern - faced men who were destined to print their mark on the settlement . Was this all fated to happen , or did blind chance ...
Contents
HIGH NOON FOR MORAL IMPROVERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA | 73 |
OVERSTRAITERS OVERLANDERS AND OTHERS DESCEND | 84 |
ENGLANDS ECHO IN THE ANTIPODES | 113 |
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