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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... Diemen's Land held between 21 October and 4 November 1851 all the candidates declared their attitude to the future of free institutions and the transportation of convicts . Everyone knew that any candidate who talked about his ' repug ...
... Diemen's Land held between 21 October and 4 November 1851 all the candidates declared their attitude to the future of free institutions and the transportation of convicts . Everyone knew that any candidate who talked about his ' repug ...
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... Diemen's Land.20 When this news reached Van Diemen's Land , the anti - transportationists lit bonfires all over the island on 10 August 1853 to celebrate the end of the ' birth - stain ' . In Hobart the children received a slice of ...
... Diemen's Land.20 When this news reached Van Diemen's Land , the anti - transportationists lit bonfires all over the island on 10 August 1853 to celebrate the end of the ' birth - stain ' . In Hobart the children received a slice of ...
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... Diemen's Land had celebrated on 11 August 1853 the end of the ' convict polluters ' . Now , as a further mark of that break with the convict taint Van Diemen's Land was taking the name of Tasmania . On 23 October 1854 Mr Sharland moved ...
... Diemen's Land had celebrated on 11 August 1853 the end of the ' convict polluters ' . Now , as a further mark of that break with the convict taint Van Diemen's Land was taking the name of Tasmania . On 23 October 1854 Mr Sharland moved ...
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THE POSSESSED 533 | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
Copyright | |
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