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 September Bathurst instructed Governor Brisbane to lose no time in
despatching the SurveyorGeneral , John Oxley , to report on the suitability of Port
Bowen , Port Curtis and Moreton Bay as sites for penal settlements where
convicts might ...
In September Bathurst instructed Governor Brisbane to lose no time in
despatching the SurveyorGeneral , John Oxley , to report on the suitability of Port
Bowen , Port Curtis and Moreton Bay as sites for penal settlements where
convicts might ...
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In September 1836 Sir Richard Bourke , having deemed it expedient to appoint a
civil and military force for the preservation of good order , named Captain William
Lonsdale to be police magistrate for the District of Port Phillip . He was to have ...
In September 1836 Sir Richard Bourke , having deemed it expedient to appoint a
civil and military force for the preservation of good order , named Captain William
Lonsdale to be police magistrate for the District of Port Phillip . He was to have ...
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Just to prove they had not completely gone overboard on the question of equality
of white and black , Gipps and Plunkett passed through the Legislative Council
that September a revision of the bill regulating the sale and consumption of ...
Just to prove they had not completely gone overboard on the question of equality
of white and black , Gipps and Plunkett passed through the Legislative Council
that September a revision of the bill regulating the sale and consumption of ...
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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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