A History of Australia: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1838 |
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He had a vision of men living in the colony as though they were in Arcady, of gay
innocents who had not been tainted by power, or the pursuit of filthy material gain
. He ended with a quotation from a poem which summed up his great dream for ...
He had a vision of men living in the colony as though they were in Arcady, of gay
innocents who had not been tainted by power, or the pursuit of filthy material gain
. He ended with a quotation from a poem which summed up his great dream for ...
Page 68
Scott, too, was bothered by living in a colony whose population, he had found,
was composed of the worst and most ... of a bad lot as he pretended religion
when everyone knew he had lived a life of profligacy and robbed his own father.
Scott, too, was bothered by living in a colony whose population, he had found,
was composed of the worst and most ... of a bad lot as he pretended religion
when everyone knew he had lived a life of profligacy and robbed his own father.
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tried again before the Supreme Court in Sydney in January of 1828, after which
he took to the bush, murdered a man with whom he had lived, and burnt his body
to a cinder. After Donahoe was shot in 1830 the Sydney Gazette and all the ...
tried again before the Supreme Court in Sydney in January of 1828, after which
he took to the bush, murdered a man with whom he had lived, and burnt his body
to a cinder. After Donahoe was shot in 1830 the Sydney Gazette and all the ...
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Contents
THE SETTING IN NEW SOUTH WALES | 17 |
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE SON | 41 |
THE NATIVE SON OFFENDS GROSSLY | 61 |
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