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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Page 62
... meeting adopted a petition which had been drafted by Captain Brown and Dr Jones in which they protested both against the licence tax and the ' locking of the lands ' . They protested especially against the methods of collecting the tax ...
... meeting adopted a petition which had been drafted by Captain Brown and Dr Jones in which they protested both against the licence tax and the ' locking of the lands ' . They protested especially against the methods of collecting the tax ...
Page 63
... meeting peacefully and loyally like Englishmen , the day must come when officials and traps no longer treated diggers like slaves . They would rely on moral force . They would send a delegation to Melbourne to make sure the next month ...
... meeting peacefully and loyally like Englishmen , the day must come when officials and traps no longer treated diggers like slaves . They would rely on moral force . They would send a delegation to Melbourne to make sure the next month ...
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... meeting of citizens on 3 June 1887 to consider the desirability of feasting the schoolchildren on 20 June in honour of their beloved Queen . To the chagrin of those whose hearts were on fire with love for the lonely lady in Buckingham ...
... meeting of citizens on 3 June 1887 to consider the desirability of feasting the schoolchildren on 20 June in honour of their beloved Queen . To the chagrin of those whose hearts were on fire with love for the lonely lady in Buckingham ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 11 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 49 |
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