A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888This 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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Governor Charles La Trobe had to groom his own horse and feed it . Bishop
Charles Perry and his kittenish wife were both looking very ' fagged'and worn to
death by having to curry - comb the horses and act as cook , housemaid and
nurse in ...
Governor Charles La Trobe had to groom his own horse and feed it . Bishop
Charles Perry and his kittenish wife were both looking very ' fagged'and worn to
death by having to curry - comb the horses and act as cook , housemaid and
nurse in ...
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Charles Manning Hope Clark. the bourgeoisie would make the great leap
upward from the pastoral to an agricultural and industrial society.28 When the
news reached Sydney in December 1855 that Her Majesty had at long last given
her ...
Charles Manning Hope Clark. the bourgeoisie would make the great leap
upward from the pastoral to an agricultural and industrial society.28 When the
news reached Sydney in December 1855 that Her Majesty had at long last given
her ...
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210 , 399 Cowper , Sir Charles : leader of opposition , 109 ; meets gold - diggers ,
129-30 ; physical appearance , 130 ; as politician , 36 , 103 , 112 , 130 ; premier ,
121-2 , 129 , 131-2 , 139 , 141-2 ; religious views , 256 Creed , Miss – , 387 ...
210 , 399 Cowper , Sir Charles : leader of opposition , 109 ; meets gold - diggers ,
129-30 ; physical appearance , 130 ; as politician , 36 , 103 , 112 , 130 ; premier ,
121-2 , 129 , 131-2 , 139 , 141-2 ; religious views , 256 Creed , Miss – , 387 ...
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THE POSSESSED | 11 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 25 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO | 49 |
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