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Down at Portland, where the thermometer registered 112° by noon, particles of
fire whirled down the streets and over the tops of the houses. The stench of
burning goats, sheep and cattle wafted into the town, as men and women and
children ...
Down at Portland, where the thermometer registered 112° by noon, particles of
fire whirled down the streets and over the tops of the houses. The stench of
burning goats, sheep and cattle wafted into the town, as men and women and
children ...
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The day before, highway robbers had pirated £25 O00 worth of gold dust, the day
before that there was a murder in Bourke Street, and the day before that a murder
in Geelong. 'Shooting in the streets, bushranging upon the roads . . . robbery, ...
The day before, highway robbers had pirated £25 O00 worth of gold dust, the day
before that there was a murder in Bourke Street, and the day before that a murder
in Geelong. 'Shooting in the streets, bushranging upon the roads . . . robbery, ...
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He found in the streets of Melbourne a reflection ofall the uproar in his own soul.
... In Bourke Street at night sewing-girls and milliners' apprentices, driven by one
of the great hungers of mankind, gaped at a group of up-country men who were ...
He found in the streets of Melbourne a reflection ofall the uproar in his own soul.
... In Bourke Street at night sewing-girls and milliners' apprentices, driven by one
of the great hungers of mankind, gaped at a group of up-country men who were ...
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Contents
ONESTEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT To BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
Henry Parkes and Henry Lawson frontispiece | 64 |
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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, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Jul 2011 |
| ISBN | 0522841473, 9780522841473 |
| Length | 427 pages |
| Subjects | › Australia History / Australia & New Zealand |
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