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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They still believed that hands rather than machines were the answer to the
problems of the production , distribution and exchange of wealth in the Australian
colonies . When Gladstone told FitzRoy in the spring of 1846 that Her Majesty ' s
...
They still believed that hands rather than machines were the answer to the
problems of the production , distribution and exchange of wealth in the Australian
colonies . When Gladstone told FitzRoy in the spring of 1846 that Her Majesty ' s
...
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... Grey charged the colonists to hear what comfortable words he had to say to all
those who accepted the principle that ... Wales into two colonies , the northern of
which would retain its present name while the southern colony would , by Her ...
... Grey charged the colonists to hear what comfortable words he had to say to all
those who accepted the principle that ... Wales into two colonies , the northern of
which would retain its present name while the southern colony would , by Her ...
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30 In October 1848 the Legislative Council resolved decorously that the proposal
to send convicts to Van Diemen ' s Land was in the highest degree injurious to
the colony . They then ducked the whole issue by going on to say that ...
30 In October 1848 the Legislative Council resolved decorously that the proposal
to send convicts to Van Diemen ' s Land was in the highest degree injurious to
the colony . They then ducked the whole issue by going on to say that ...
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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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