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 115
The year of his arrival the journal of the cannibal Pierce was being gloated over
in Hobart Town. There were stories, too, of ex-convicts purchasing women from
the aborigines for the carcase of a seal or a kangaroo. If these women were not ...
The year of his arrival the journal of the cannibal Pierce was being gloated over
in Hobart Town. There were stories, too, of ex-convicts purchasing women from
the aborigines for the carcase of a seal or a kangaroo. If these women were not ...
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anonymity, and left no lasting memorial, except possibly in the collective
consciousness of those who came after her.” Esther Barker, who was transported
for seven years, arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1823. On 9 June of that year
she was ...
anonymity, and left no lasting memorial, except possibly in the collective
consciousness of those who came after her.” Esther Barker, who was transported
for seven years, arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1823. On 9 June of that year
she was ...
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Macarthur, who had arrived in Hobart Town at the end of 1822 to become the first
Presbyterian minister in Van Diemen's Land, had a most gentle, kindly face, and
was filled to overflowing with that command of the Galilean fisherman that men ...
Macarthur, who had arrived in Hobart Town at the end of 1822 to become the first
Presbyterian minister in Van Diemen's Land, had a most gentle, kindly face, and
was filled to overflowing with that command of the Galilean fisherman that men ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 2 A History of Australia, Manning Clark |
| Authors | Charles Manning Hope Clark, Manning Clark |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 20 Jul 2017 |
| ISBN | 052284166X, 9780522841664 |
| Length | 364 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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