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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... Melbourne they were put on display in the vestibule of the Royal Society from 31 December 1862 to 21 January 1863 ... Melbourne General Cemetery attended with much sable pomp and pagean- try . Forty thousand people gathered in Melbourne ...
... Melbourne they were put on display in the vestibule of the Royal Society from 31 December 1862 to 21 January 1863 ... Melbourne General Cemetery attended with much sable pomp and pagean- try . Forty thousand people gathered in Melbourne ...
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... Melbourne had no hesitation in identifying the North with the material progress , liberty and moral enlight- enment ... Melbourne citizens entertained the ship's captain and his officers to dinner at the Melbourne Club where , as the ...
... Melbourne had no hesitation in identifying the North with the material progress , liberty and moral enlight- enment ... Melbourne citizens entertained the ship's captain and his officers to dinner at the Melbourne Club where , as the ...
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... Melbourne increased from 206 780 to 282 947. Between 1870 and 1890 there had been a substantial growth of manufacturing in both Melbourne and Sydney . In Melbourne the number employed in factories increased from 21 493 in 1873 to 56 319 ...
... Melbourne increased from 206 780 to 282 947. Between 1870 and 1890 there had been a substantial growth of manufacturing in both Melbourne and Sydney . In Melbourne the number employed in factories increased from 21 493 in 1873 to 56 319 ...
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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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