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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Page 62
Before the meeting closed , a Mr Goobie ( sic ) , a German gentleman , mounted
the platform and told the multitude he and his hundred fellow - Germans were
ready with the rifle or the sword to assist their English friends to obtain their rights
.
Before the meeting closed , a Mr Goobie ( sic ) , a German gentleman , mounted
the platform and told the multitude he and his hundred fellow - Germans were
ready with the rifle or the sword to assist their English friends to obtain their rights
.
Page 63
Though they were meeting peacefully and loyally like Englishmen , the day must
come when officials and traps no longer treated diggers like slaves . They would
rely on moral force . They would send a delegation to Melbourne to make sure ...
Though they were meeting peacefully and loyally like Englishmen , the day must
come when officials and traps no longer treated diggers like slaves . They would
rely on moral force . They would send a delegation to Melbourne to make sure ...
Page 397
The meeting closed with three ringing cheers for Her Majesty , almost drowned
by groans , hisses and catcalls . ... and ' democratic principles ' decided to hold
another meeting on 15 June at which rowdies , ruffians and republicans would
not ...
The meeting closed with three ringing cheers for Her Majesty , almost drowned
by groans , hisses and catcalls . ... and ' democratic principles ' decided to hold
another meeting on 15 June at which rowdies , ruffians and republicans would
not ...
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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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