A History of Australia: The beginning of an Australian civilization, 1824-1851The late Manning Clark aims to bring to attention the foibles and strengths in every person, traits forced to the fore in the hardship and trauma that occured during the establishment and develpment of white settlement in Australia. Clark sets out to use the tragedies and successes of national heroes such as explorerers and generals, and those of the average person such as soldiers at Gallipoli and farmer's wives, to create a memorable tableau. |
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In that month Captain Patrick Logan arrived to take over as commandant from
Captain Bishop who had succeeded Captain Miller . Logan was a deeply divided
man . Born in either 1792 or 1796 into a Scottish family which traced its ancestry
...
In that month Captain Patrick Logan arrived to take over as commandant from
Captain Bishop who had succeeded Captain Miller . Logan was a deeply divided
man . Born in either 1792 or 1796 into a Scottish family which traced its ancestry
...
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Besides , he had just chosen a new commandant , Captain Collet Barker , one of
those upright evangelicals , to take command of the new northern site . Barker
arrived at Fort Wellington , Raffles Bay , on 13 September 1828 with a
detachment ...
Besides , he had just chosen a new commandant , Captain Collet Barker , one of
those upright evangelicals , to take command of the new northern site . Barker
arrived at Fort Wellington , Raffles Bay , on 13 September 1828 with a
detachment ...
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In 1832 Captain Charles Sturt had arrived in London . The acclaim and
preferment he had been awarded for his heroic journey down the Murray in 1829
– 30 had not come up to his expectations . The Barker report of a rich country
near the ...
In 1832 Captain Charles Sturt had arrived in London . The acclaim and
preferment he had been awarded for his heroic journey down the Murray in 1829
– 30 had not come up to his expectations . The Barker report of a rich country
near the ...
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Contents
ANOTHER PROVINCE FOR BRITAINS GENTRY | 17 |
A BRITISH PROVINCE WITH A LAUDABLE PURPOSE | 42 |
HIGH NOON FOR MORAL IMPROVERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA | 62 |
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| Title | A History of Australia: The beginning of an Australian civilization, 1824-1851 Volume 3 of A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Authors | Charles Manning Hope Clark, Manning Clark |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 052284054X, 9780522840544 |
| Length | 491 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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