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 March 1826 Darling was ordered to forestall the French by establishing
settlements at Shark Bay on the west coast of New Holland , and at Western Port
which had been discovered by George Bass in 1798 . Influenced by the
reputation of ...
In March 1826 Darling was ordered to forestall the French by establishing
settlements at Shark Bay on the west coast of New Holland , and at Western Port
which had been discovered by George Bass in 1798 . Influenced by the
reputation of ...
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So while Dr Collie was delivering Mrs Stirling of a child on board the Parmelia ,
the colony of Western Australia received a constitution . Two years later Viscount
Goderich explained to Stirling that the Governor , Senior Military Officer ...
So while Dr Collie was delivering Mrs Stirling of a child on board the Parmelia ,
the colony of Western Australia received a constitution . Two years later Viscount
Goderich explained to Stirling that the Governor , Senior Military Officer ...
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Western Australia had been started by men whose grand conception of an
aristocratic society , fresh from a victory over its mighty opposite , was becoming
an unreality . Within a year of the foundation of Western Australia in 1829 men
took ...
Western Australia had been started by men whose grand conception of an
aristocratic society , fresh from a victory over its mighty opposite , was becoming
an unreality . Within a year of the foundation of Western Australia in 1829 men
took ...
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Contents
THE IRONAGE MEN OF NEW HOLLAND | 1 |
ANOTHER PROVINCE FOR BRITAINS GENTRY | 19 |
A BRITISH PROVINCE WITH A LAUDABLE PURPOSE | 53 |
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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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