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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... Courier in Hobart Town pointed out that the heart and pride of England had been bound down , emasculated , crippled , and held in leash by the deplorable incubus of senility and drivelling , which went with aristocratic government ...
... Courier in Hobart Town pointed out that the heart and pride of England had been bound down , emasculated , crippled , and held in leash by the deplorable incubus of senility and drivelling , which went with aristocratic government ...
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... Courier railed against ' the deplorable incubus of senility and drivelling ' in London and urged the English to ' shovel out of town the traitors , fools , and triflers who beset the ark of the nation ' . Seven days later on 5 December ...
... Courier railed against ' the deplorable incubus of senility and drivelling ' in London and urged the English to ' shovel out of town the traitors , fools , and triflers who beset the ark of the nation ' . Seven days later on 5 December ...
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... Courier , 16 , 17 November 1871 ; Return on Immigration and Emigration of South Sea Islanders , 22 December 1870 , V. & P . ( L.A. , Qld ) , 1870 , vol . 1 ; Report of Select Committee on the Renewal of Transportation , V. & P . ( L.C. ...
... Courier , 16 , 17 November 1871 ; Return on Immigration and Emigration of South Sea Islanders , 22 December 1870 , V. & P . ( L.A. , Qld ) , 1870 , vol . 1 ; Report of Select Committee on the Renewal of Transportation , V. & P . ( L.C. ...
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THE POSSESSED 533 | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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