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On 27 June Mr Burke and King set out to search for the blacks as their last hope
of survival. Wills, his legs and arms nearly skin and bone, was too weak to follow
them. In the presence of death he grew in stature. 'I can only look out, like Mr ...
On 27 June Mr Burke and King set out to search for the blacks as their last hope
of survival. Wills, his legs and arms nearly skin and bone, was too weak to follow
them. In the presence of death he grew in stature. 'I can only look out, like Mr ...
Page 334
27 June. there were scenes of 'unexampled excitement' in Melbourne as dense
crowds read the bulletins outside the offices of the Ago and the Argus. After an
extraordinary edition of the Argus on Monday afternoon reported that the forces of
...
27 June. there were scenes of 'unexampled excitement' in Melbourne as dense
crowds read the bulletins outside the offices of the Ago and the Argus. After an
extraordinary edition of the Argus on Monday afternoon reported that the forces of
...
Page 395
... illuminations in full blast. The night of 21 June was like that feast of lanterns
described in the story of Aladdin. Melbourne became like a fairyland, the brilliant
and varied avenues of decoration lighting up bravely the torch of British
civilization.
... illuminations in full blast. The night of 21 June was like that feast of lanterns
described in the story of Aladdin. Melbourne became like a fairyland, the brilliant
and varied avenues of decoration lighting up bravely the torch of British
civilization.
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Contents
ONESTEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT To BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
Henry Parkes and Henry Lawson frontispiece | 64 |
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Bibliographic information
| 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, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Jul 2011 |
| ISBN | 0522841473, 9780522841473 |
| Length | 427 pages |
| Subjects | › Australia History / Australia & New Zealand |
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