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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... 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 land at government land sales and used as payment for taxes . In this ...
... 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 land at government land sales and used as payment for taxes . In this ...
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... January 1878 , Berry removed from their offices county court judges , police magistrates and wardsmen , coroners and Crown prosecutors , and a large number of officials in the Departments of Crown Lands , Mines , Trade and Customs ...
... January 1878 , Berry removed from their offices county court judges , police magistrates and wardsmen , coroners and Crown prosecutors , and a large number of officials in the Departments of Crown Lands , Mines , Trade and Customs ...
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... January 1888 Parkes joined a huge congre- gation 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 Gloria from a Mozart mass ...
... January 1888 Parkes joined a huge congre- gation 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 Gloria from a Mozart mass ...
Contents
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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