A History of Australia, Volume 4This fourth volume continues the story [of the history of Australia] from the discovery of gold in February 1851 to the centenary of the coming of European civilization to Australia on January 26 1888. Its vital theme concerns the debate in Australian about the life of man without God; and the impending breakdown of bourgeois society, succeeded by an age of ruins. |
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... Governor FitzRoy after a visit to the western fields in March 1852 that he had had ' ample proof of the wholesome state of public feeling throughout that extensive district , and of the determination of the great body of the people ...
... Governor FitzRoy after a visit to the western fields in March 1852 that he had had ' ample proof of the wholesome state of public feeling throughout that extensive district , and of the determination of the great body of the people ...
Page 136
... governor of Queensland , those so nominated retaining their membership for life . The Order in Council prescribed that for elections to the first Legislative Assembly the governor of New South Wales was to proclaim the number of members ...
... governor of Queensland , those so nominated retaining their membership for life . The Order in Council prescribed that for elections to the first Legislative Assembly the governor of New South Wales was to proclaim the number of members ...
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... governor ' . He was born into a military family in Nova Scotia in 1809 , with close connections with the slave - owners in the West Indies , a nephew by birth of that Ralph Darling who , as governor of New South Wales from 1824 to 1831 ...
... governor ' . He was born into a military family in Nova Scotia in 1809 , with close connections with the slave - owners in the West Indies , a nephew by birth of that Ralph Darling who , as governor of New South Wales from 1824 to 1831 ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 11 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 49 |
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