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 111
... the burden of human depravity. The pallor of the cheeks, and the tight-lipped
mouth, which rarely broke into a smile, seemed a fit instrument for those
passionless petitions he sent up daily to his God. Only the huge lack-lustre eyes
betrayed ...
... the burden of human depravity. The pallor of the cheeks, and the tight-lipped
mouth, which rarely broke into a smile, seemed a fit instrument for those
passionless petitions he sent up daily to his God. Only the huge lack-lustre eyes
betrayed ...
Page 153
To the reading public in Sydney and Hobart Town that was not just another
example of human depravity, or the hardness of men's hearts. This was a fair
example of human baseness in a convict-dominated society.” Of the 36,598 white
...
To the reading public in Sydney and Hobart Town that was not just another
example of human depravity, or the hardness of men's hearts. This was a fair
example of human baseness in a convict-dominated society.” Of the 36,598 white
...
Page 321
Educated convicts had raised up a formidable party in the colony for the
countenance and protection of vice and villainy. He was not saying that
assignment was slavery or that convictism entailed the moral depravity of all, but
he was close to it ...
Educated convicts had raised up a formidable party in the colony for the
countenance and protection of vice and villainy. He was not saying that
assignment was slavery or that convictism entailed the moral depravity of all, but
he was close to it ...
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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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