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 35
All those elements in the old convict system which had aggravated illfeeling
between the emancipists and the exclusives during the era of Macquarie were to
be dropped. Land grants to ex-convicts were abolished. Brisbane was reminded
that ...
All those elements in the old convict system which had aggravated illfeeling
between the emancipists and the exclusives during the era of Macquarie were to
be dropped. Land grants to ex-convicts were abolished. Brisbane was reminded
that ...
Page 166
That year too the venerated bard, Michael Robinson, an ex-convict, whose witty,
gay and classical muse had so often been the subject of general admiration and
praise amongst emancipists and native-born, read his song for Anniversary Day.
That year too the venerated bard, Michael Robinson, an ex-convict, whose witty,
gay and classical muse had so often been the subject of general admiration and
praise amongst emancipists and native-born, read his song for Anniversary Day.
Page 337
That concern with what was in man never was his subject. What touched him
deeply was the behaviour, and demands of the emancipists. For a brief moment
before the committee he let fly, gave out his own cry of pain, and spoke with
disgust, ...
That concern with what was in man never was his subject. What touched him
deeply was the behaviour, and demands of the emancipists. For a brief moment
before the committee he let fly, gave out his own cry of pain, and spoke with
disgust, ...
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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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