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 68
Scott, too, was bothered by living in a colony whose population, he had found,
was composed of the worst and most ... of a bad lot as he pretended religion
when everyone knew he had lived a life of profligacy and robbed his own father.
Scott, too, was bothered by living in a colony whose population, he had found,
was composed of the worst and most ... of a bad lot as he pretended religion
when everyone knew he had lived a life of profligacy and robbed his own father.
Page 127
They wrote of the great men of the day reducing the small settlers to beggary, and
driving them off their land to Hobart Town where they lived a miserable existence,
their wives sometimes earning a little pittance by washing clothes. They wrote ...
They wrote of the great men of the day reducing the small settlers to beggary, and
driving them off their land to Hobart Town where they lived a miserable existence,
their wives sometimes earning a little pittance by washing clothes. They wrote ...
Page 176
tried again before the Supreme Court in Sydney in January of 1828, after which
he took to the bush, murdered a man with whom he had lived, and burnt his body
to a cinder. After Donahoe was shot in 1830 the Sydney Gazette and all the ...
tried again before the Supreme Court in Sydney in January of 1828, after which
he took to the bush, murdered a man with whom he had lived, and burnt his body
to a cinder. After Donahoe was shot in 1830 the Sydney Gazette and all the ...
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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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