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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... James Macarthur had told him of the respect and gratitude of his fellow - countrymen , Wentworth bade them farewell with difficulty . In a voice often rendered quite inaudible by emotion , he told them how he trusted that the parting ...
... James Macarthur had told him of the respect and gratitude of his fellow - countrymen , Wentworth bade them farewell with difficulty . In a voice often rendered quite inaudible by emotion , he told them how he trusted that the parting ...
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... Macarthur , Elizabeth Macarthur's ' my darling Edward ' , the man who had counselled the Colonial Office on how to ... James Macarthur and Charles Cowper - three men who had strong connections either by birth or conviction with the ...
... Macarthur , Elizabeth Macarthur's ' my darling Edward ' , the man who had counselled the Colonial Office on how to ... James Macarthur and Charles Cowper - three men who had strong connections either by birth or conviction with the ...
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... James Macarthur offered to help the formation of a ' Constitutional , or Conservative ' govern- ment against the ultra - democrats , the traders in politics , those who were hungry for places , and those young men , like Henry Parkes ...
... James Macarthur offered to help the formation of a ' Constitutional , or Conservative ' govern- ment against the ultra - democrats , the traders in politics , those who were hungry for places , and those young men , like Henry Parkes ...
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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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