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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As final evidence of what it was all about , the chairman , the lord mayor of
Melbourne , told them that he was a working man himself , that he was prepared
to put at the disposal of the Eight Hours Committee a silver cup of the value £ 10-
20 to ...
As final evidence of what it was all about , the chairman , the lord mayor of
Melbourne , told them that he was a working man himself , that he was prepared
to put at the disposal of the Eight Hours Committee a silver cup of the value £ 10-
20 to ...
Page 163
Life is immense.38 After the remains of Burke and Wills arrived in Melbourne they
were put on display in the vestibule of the Royal Society from 31 December 1862
to 21 January 1863. On the last day they were finally hidden from the public ...
Life is immense.38 After the remains of Burke and Wills arrived in Melbourne they
were put on display in the vestibule of the Royal Society from 31 December 1862
to 21 January 1863. On the last day they were finally hidden from the public ...
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Samuel , 17 , 21 , 300 , 363 Martin , Sir James , 36 , 121 , 258 , 278 medical
profession , 55 , 390 medicaments , 91 , 294 Melba , Dame Nellie , 292
Melbourne : Black Thursday , 1 ; description , 18 , 47-8 , 66 , 223-5 , 228 , 232-4 ,
250-2 , 312 ...
Samuel , 17 , 21 , 300 , 363 Martin , Sir James , 36 , 121 , 258 , 278 medical
profession , 55 , 390 medicaments , 91 , 294 Melba , Dame Nellie , 292
Melbourne : Black Thursday , 1 ; description , 18 , 47-8 , 66 , 223-5 , 228 , 232-4 ,
250-2 , 312 ...
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Contents
THE POSSESSED | 11 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 25 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO | 49 |
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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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