A History of Australia, Volume 2The second volume in a history of Australia which aims to highlight the hardship and trauma that occurred there during the establishment and development of white settlement. This volume chronicles New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) between 1822 and 1838. |
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Page 41
His head was leonine, his language had a brilliance befitting a scion of the Whig
aristocracy, and his ambitions a grandeur to match the promise of his
appearance and his words. The man seemed likely to fulfil his great hope not to
be ...
His head was leonine, his language had a brilliance befitting a scion of the Whig
aristocracy, and his ambitions a grandeur to match the promise of his
appearance and his words. The man seemed likely to fulfil his great hope not to
be ...
Page 185
Chief Justice Forbes greeted him warmly as a fellow Whig who could also share
his intellectual interests. Wentworth greeted him not just as a fellow Whig, though
that was cheering enough, after the days of unleavened bread under those ...
Chief Justice Forbes greeted him warmly as a fellow Whig who could also share
his intellectual interests. Wentworth greeted him not just as a fellow Whig, though
that was cheering enough, after the days of unleavened bread under those ...
Page 233
Then he let slip his pride in Bourke—“We've now got a Whig governor', he
shouted, 'and being myself a Whig', he went on, 'I am well pleased'. Darling, he
added, was a Tory: Bourke was a Whig. 'Show Whitehall', he cried, left hand on
hip, ...
Then he let slip his pride in Bourke—“We've now got a Whig governor', he
shouted, 'and being myself a Whig', he went on, 'I am well pleased'. Darling, he
added, was a Tory: Bourke was a Whig. 'Show Whitehall', he cried, left hand on
hip, ...
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Contents
A R K N | 17 |
T H E R ETURN OF THE NATIVE SON | 41 |
T H E N ATI W E SON OF FE N DS GROSS LY | 61 |
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