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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On 13 January 1829 government published its regulations for the guidance of
those proposing to embark as settlers. It reaffirmed its intention not to incur any
expense in conveying settlers to the new colony or in supplying them with ...
On 13 January 1829 government published its regulations for the guidance of
those proposing to embark as settlers. It reaffirmed its intention not to incur any
expense in conveying settlers to the new colony or in supplying them with ...
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Now in 1836-7 when the settlers were clamouring for cheaper land, cheaper
labour and cheaper goods, Stirling came up with yet another of his 'wild visionary
projects'— growing cotton in the tropical parts of Western Australia to free the ...
Now in 1836-7 when the settlers were clamouring for cheaper land, cheaper
labour and cheaper goods, Stirling came up with yet another of his 'wild visionary
projects'— growing cotton in the tropical parts of Western Australia to free the ...
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His Excellency therefore could not perceive the justice of the settlers' proposition
that the aborigines should have second choice. If the claims of the natives were
not void before all, they were preliminary to all. They could not occupy a middle ...
His Excellency therefore could not perceive the justice of the settlers' proposition
that the aborigines should have second choice. If the claims of the natives were
not void before all, they were preliminary to all. They could not occupy a middle ...
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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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