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 273
The condition of the convicts in no way differed from that of slaves except that
their masters could not apply corporal punishment, and had a property in their
labour for a limited period only. They were in one respect worse off than the West
...
The condition of the convicts in no way differed from that of slaves except that
their masters could not apply corporal punishment, and had a property in their
labour for a limited period only. They were in one respect worse off than the West
...
Page 296
The speakers quietly got on to the issue which all could understand: could the
colony dispense with convict labour? On this the abolitionists did not have it all
their own way. Some doubted whether the colony had reached a stage where it ...
The speakers quietly got on to the issue which all could understand: could the
colony dispense with convict labour? On this the abolitionists did not have it all
their own way. Some doubted whether the colony had reached a stage where it ...
Page 310
In the few moments of leisure he allowed himself from his labours he sat for his
portrait by Benjamin Duterrau, an artist of French ... The men in the road-gangs
had constructed the indispensable public works by the labour of their hands.
In the few moments of leisure he allowed himself from his labours he sat for his
portrait by Benjamin Duterrau, an artist of French ... The men in the road-gangs
had constructed the indispensable public works by the labour of their hands.
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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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| 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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