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 98
... electorates of Castlemaine , Sandhurst , Ballaarat ( sic ) , Avoca and the Ovens , two each from the first three and one each from the last two . It was not quite what the diggers had demanded . They had asked for electorates in which ...
... electorates of Castlemaine , Sandhurst , Ballaarat ( sic ) , Avoca and the Ovens , two each from the first three and one each from the last two . It was not quite what the diggers had demanded . They had asked for electorates in which ...
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... electors the language of a colonial chartist : he spoke of liberty of conscience , universal education , unlocking the lands , and building railways for the people . He also spoke about the building of a bridge over the Yarra at the ...
... electors the language of a colonial chartist : he spoke of liberty of conscience , universal education , unlocking the lands , and building railways for the people . He also spoke about the building of a bridge over the Yarra at the ...
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... electorates which was consistent with the principle of one man one vote , but a more equal distribution of electorates , which entailed a compromise between the representation of population and the representation of interests . He was ...
... electorates which was consistent with the principle of one man one vote , but a more equal distribution of electorates , which entailed a compromise between the representation of population and the representation of interests . He was ...
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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