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Page 117
Shortly before the arrival of Arthur he had gone down on his knees in St David's
Church with his bride to be, Miss Elinor Binfield, a schoolteacher of Hobart Town,
and heard that promise of great mystery, of two be'coming one flesh, for the ...
Shortly before the arrival of Arthur he had gone down on his knees in St David's
Church with his bride to be, Miss Elinor Binfield, a schoolteacher of Hobart Town,
and heard that promise of great mystery, of two be'coming one flesh, for the ...
Page 118
As the rude jokes and jests began to circulate in Hobart Town about the killjoy
who had taken over in Government House where prayers and fastings and black
looks had replaced the gaiety of those three friends of humanity, Collins, Davey ...
As the rude jokes and jests began to circulate in Hobart Town about the killjoy
who had taken over in Government House where prayers and fastings and black
looks had replaced the gaiety of those three friends of humanity, Collins, Davey ...
Page 150
Some sniffed at these ceremonials of a dull punctilious lot, and pined for the real
thing: some scoffed at the local insistence that Sydney and Hobart Town society
were either lively or amusing—or were not the sweetest and most delectable of ...
Some sniffed at these ceremonials of a dull punctilious lot, and pined for the real
thing: some scoffed at the local insistence that Sydney and Hobart Town society
were either lively or amusing—or were not the sweetest and most delectable of ...
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Contents
DARK N | 17 |
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE SON | 41 |
THE NATIVE SON OFF ENDS GROSSLY | 61 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1838 Volume 2 of A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1968 |
| ISBN | 0522842232, 9780522842234 |
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