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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Though on paper he was as much a broad - acres man as Thomas Archer at
Woolmers , Joseph Archer at Panshanger , or James Cox at Clarendon , those
three lived in their manors in lush countryside while Batman and his family lived
in a ...
Though on paper he was as much a broad - acres man as Thomas Archer at
Woolmers , Joseph Archer at Panshanger , or James Cox at Clarendon , those
three lived in their manors in lush countryside while Batman and his family lived
in a ...
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One other man in whom hopes for the future of humanity lived uneasily side by
side with the old Judaico - Christian view of man ' s destiny was William
Augustine Duncan . He came to the colony in 1837 to take up duty as a teacher in
Catholic ...
One other man in whom hopes for the future of humanity lived uneasily side by
side with the old Judaico - Christian view of man ' s destiny was William
Augustine Duncan . He came to the colony in 1837 to take up duty as a teacher in
Catholic ...
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The foundations of authority in the Old World were absent in rural society in New
South Wales . In England , Scotland and Ireland the local justice of the peace
lived in an imposing mansion ; in New South Wales he often lived in a sod hut .
The foundations of authority in the Old World were absent in rural society in New
South Wales . In England , Scotland and Ireland the local justice of the peace
lived in an imposing mansion ; in New South Wales he often lived in a sod hut .
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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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