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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To counteract these tendencies it was suggested to Governor Young in January
1852 that a government assayer should be appointed to melt , assay and stamp
gold , and that the gold thus stamped should be received by weight in payment
for ...
To counteract these tendencies it was suggested to Governor Young in January
1852 that a government assayer should be appointed to melt , assay and stamp
gold , and that the gold thus stamped should be received by weight in payment
for ...
Page 110
On 29 January Terence Aubrey Murray presented a petition , praying the
Assembly to take the land question into its immediate consideration . Other
members also prayed for the immediate settlement of the land question by
throwing the ...
On 29 January Terence Aubrey Murray presented a petition , praying the
Assembly to take the land question into its immediate consideration . Other
members also prayed for the immediate settlement of the land question by
throwing the ...
Page 404
Back in Sydney on Sunday 22 January 1888 Parkes joined a huge congregation
of bishops , priests , deacons , choristers and laity gathered in St Andrew's
Cathedral to hear the choir sing the Hallelujah Chorus , the national anthem , the
...
Back in Sydney on Sunday 22 January 1888 Parkes joined a huge congregation
of bishops , priests , deacons , choristers and laity gathered in St Andrew's
Cathedral to hear the choir sing the Hallelujah Chorus , the national anthem , the
...
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Contents
THE POSSESSED | 11 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 25 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO | 49 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888 Volume 4 of A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 Volume 4 of Dummy reekstitel |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Jul 2011 |
| ISBN | 0522841473, 9780522841473 |
| Length | 427 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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