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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Page 136
... Queensland and between South Australia and Queensland were also defined.31 The Order in Council instructed the governor of New South Wales to nominate to the Legislative Council not less than five members who were to hold office for ...
... Queensland and between South Australia and Queensland were also defined.31 The Order in Council instructed the governor of New South Wales to nominate to the Legislative Council not less than five members who were to hold office for ...
Page 188
... Queensland . ' My advice ' , wrote Niel Black to friends in 1863 and again in 1864 , ... is to go to Queensland ' . For there , he said , in the far interior the squatter was ' as independent as ever ' , and was ' Lord of all that he ...
... Queensland . ' My advice ' , wrote Niel Black to friends in 1863 and again in 1864 , ... is to go to Queensland ' . For there , he said , in the far interior the squatter was ' as independent as ever ' , and was ' Lord of all that he ...
Page 355
... Queensland and northern New South Wales should continue to import labourers from the islands of the Pacific at the risk of having the fair fame of their colony aspersed and themselves branded as a community of slave - holders . Between ...
... Queensland and northern New South Wales should continue to import labourers from the islands of the Pacific at the risk of having the fair fame of their colony aspersed and themselves branded as a community of slave - holders . Between ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED 533 | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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