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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Page 67
... hands the men tilled the soil , milked cows , chopped wood and carried water . Women and children , too , laboured with their hands for the common good , for there was about the settlement the air of a com- munity that had turned its ...
... hands the men tilled the soil , milked cows , chopped wood and carried water . Women and children , too , laboured with their hands for the common good , for there was about the settlement the air of a com- munity that had turned its ...
Page 247
... hands who worked on the estates of the company.5 Nor was Dumaresq's successor , Phillip Parker King , who received his appointment as manager on 12 March 1839 , any more successful than his two high - minded predecessors . Like them ...
... hands who worked on the estates of the company.5 Nor was Dumaresq's successor , Phillip Parker King , who received his appointment as manager on 12 March 1839 , any more successful than his two high - minded predecessors . Like them ...
Page 435
... hands up ladies ' dresses and boasting all too loudly that Australia was a convict's country on which they and those who came after them would impose the way of life beloved of the thieves of the United Kingdom - a life of riot ...
... hands up ladies ' dresses and boasting all too loudly that Australia was a convict's country on which they and those who came after them would impose the way of life beloved of the thieves of the United Kingdom - a life of riot ...
Contents
ANOTHER PROVINCE FOR BRITAINS GENTRY | 17 |
HIGH NOON FOR MORAL IMPROVERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA | 73 |
OVERSTRAITERS OVERLANDERS AND OTHERS DESCEND | 84 |
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