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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... night of 30 November , that ' very strong measures are necessary in this gold field , and that sedition must be put down by force ' . Conciliatory measures would only do harm ; the disaffected must be coerced . On the night of 2 ...
... night of 30 November , that ' very strong measures are necessary in this gold field , and that sedition must be put down by force ' . Conciliatory measures would only do harm ; the disaffected must be coerced . On the night of 2 ...
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... night . Superintendent Hare , a gentleman on the field of battle , called out , ' Come on then boys . ' Ned was heard to shout in the language of the bush , ' Fire away you bloody dogs . ' Those police whom Ned had condemned to a ...
... night . Superintendent Hare , a gentleman on the field of battle , called out , ' Come on then boys . ' Ned was heard to shout in the language of the bush , ' Fire away you bloody dogs . ' Those police whom Ned had condemned to a ...
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... night , as an observer put it , ' the madness was intense ' as the ' sudden glare of the molten metal plunging down the dump ' lit up ' all those haggling eager faces with Rem- brandt colour ; lighted the dust - laden air and the ...
... night , as an observer put it , ' the madness was intense ' as the ' sudden glare of the molten metal plunging down the dump ' lit up ' all those haggling eager faces with Rem- brandt colour ; lighted the dust - laden air and the ...
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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