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 131
His Honour, the Chief Justice, almost overcome by the lamentable and
unexampled spectacle of nine human beings convicted of so cold-blooded a
murder, passed the awful sentence of death upon them. The question was how to
prevent ...
His Honour, the Chief Justice, almost overcome by the lamentable and
unexampled spectacle of nine human beings convicted of so cold-blooded a
murder, passed the awful sentence of death upon them. The question was how to
prevent ...
Page 162
Indeed, Howe wrote with such fervour on his theme that God's grace was the only
means of salvation from human depravity that Dr Redfern, who had suffered
much from the slings and arrows of the 'pure merinos', publicly horsewhipped him
...
Indeed, Howe wrote with such fervour on his theme that God's grace was the only
means of salvation from human depravity that Dr Redfern, who had suffered
much from the slings and arrows of the 'pure merinos', publicly horsewhipped him
...
Page 168
Even Mr Dudley came to see that the satisfaction of converting a large mass of
human misery and privation into so vast a sum of human happiness more than
compensated for the renunciation of the worldly honours of the old world.
Besides ...
Even Mr Dudley came to see that the satisfaction of converting a large mass of
human misery and privation into so vast a sum of human happiness more than
compensated for the renunciation of the worldly honours of the old world.
Besides ...
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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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