A History of Australia: The beginning of an Australian civilization 1824-1851. IIIThe third volume of Manning Clark's distinguished history takes the story of Australia to the momentous discovery of gold and the separation of Victoria from New South Wales. Up to this point the story is one of destruction as well as construction: the destruction of the Aborigines and the construction of an essentially English bourgeois society and the taming of an alien and seemingly sterile land along the coastal country. |
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This time government asked Stirling how many were interested in the proposal
for a settlement on the Swan River and what their 'prospects' were. Stirling
mentioned the name of one Thomas Peel, a man driven by circumstances and
some ...
This time government asked Stirling how many were interested in the proposal
for a settlement on the Swan River and what their 'prospects' were. Stirling
mentioned the name of one Thomas Peel, a man driven by circumstances and
some ...
Page 304
He asked them to resolve that uncertain occupancy and increase in charges had
a most ruinous tendency upon the most valuable property in the colony and
would continue to do so until fixity of tenure was granted to the occupier.
He asked them to resolve that uncertain occupancy and increase in charges had
a most ruinous tendency upon the most valuable property in the colony and
would continue to do so until fixity of tenure was granted to the occupier.
Page 381
After the petition for separation of June 1844 was studied in London, Stanley
asked Sir George Gipps for a full report of his views on the proposed separation
of Port Phillip, outlining the probable advantages and disadvantages of the
measure.
After the petition for separation of June 1844 was studied in London, Stanley
asked Sir George Gipps for a full report of his views on the proposed separation
of Port Phillip, outlining the probable advantages and disadvantages of the
measure.
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Contents
another province for britains gentry | 19 |
Charles Harpur and Jackey Jackey frontispiece | 32 |
a british province with a laudable purpose | 42 |
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| Title | A History of Australia: The beginning of an Australian civilization 1824-1851. III Volume 3 of A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 Volume 3 of A History of Australia: The Beginning of an Australian Civilization. 1824-1851. III, Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1962 |
| 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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