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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... wanted manhood suffrage ; he wanted representation by popu- lation ; he wanted no property qualification for members of parliament . A deafening roar of applause greeted those remarks . Every attempt at opposition or the voice of ...
... wanted manhood suffrage ; he wanted representation by popu- lation ; he wanted no property qualification for members of parliament . A deafening roar of applause greeted those remarks . Every attempt at opposition or the voice of ...
Page 147
... wanted glory , he wanted a victory in the heart of the woman he loved , he wanted men to recognize him as a remarkable man and a mighty spirit . He expected everyone to call him ' Mr Burke ' . He had the huge eyes of a desperate man ...
... wanted glory , he wanted a victory in the heart of the woman he loved , he wanted men to recognize him as a remarkable man and a mighty spirit . He expected everyone to call him ' Mr Burke ' . He had the huge eyes of a desperate man ...
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... wanted women as they were ; they wanted women as God and nature had decreed they should be . A man who was a bachelor and , on his own confession , ' gay and fully appreciative of the charms of ladies ' society ' , a ' lover of balls ...
... wanted women as they were ; they wanted women as God and nature had decreed they should be . A man who was a bachelor and , on his own confession , ' gay and fully appreciative of the charms of ladies ' society ' , a ' lover of balls ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 11 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 49 |
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