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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... women prescribed that the wages and earnings of a wife were deemed to be for the use of the husband . In Victoria the Post Office Act of 1 June 1866 prescribed that deposits by a married woman might be repaid to her , unless her husband ...
... women prescribed that the wages and earnings of a wife were deemed to be for the use of the husband . In Victoria the Post Office Act of 1 June 1866 prescribed that deposits by a married woman might be repaid to her , unless her husband ...
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... women would be changed by a change in the ownership of these.31 Men in general affected to be uneasy at the prospect of such a change in the status of women . They wanted women as they were ; they wanted women as God and nature had ...
... women would be changed by a change in the ownership of these.31 Men in general affected to be uneasy at the prospect of such a change in the status of women . They wanted women as they were ; they wanted women as God and nature had ...
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... Women Professor Charles Pearson pointed out that the sewing - machine had liberated the middle - class woman from many hours formerly spent in sewing . Woman now had leisure which she could devote to reading , to music , to good works ...
... Women Professor Charles Pearson pointed out that the sewing - machine had liberated the middle - class woman from many hours formerly spent in sewing . Woman now had leisure which she could devote to reading , to music , to good works ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 11 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 49 |
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