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 167
Some were glad of this, as in a population so singularly composed, the drama
might destroy the little morality that existed in those sinks of iniquity. Some,
believing the theatre could effect moral improvements, wished to revive it. The
hours and ...
Some were glad of this, as in a population so singularly composed, the drama
might destroy the little morality that existed in those sinks of iniquity. Some,
believing the theatre could effect moral improvements, wished to revive it. The
hours and ...
Page 244
A Tory was no drunkard—no gambler: a Tory associated with moral and
respectable men, not with the dissolute and worthless: he was not a concubine-
keeper: he was a kind father, and an affectionate husband: he owed no man a
penny: an ...
A Tory was no drunkard—no gambler: a Tory associated with moral and
respectable men, not with the dissolute and worthless: he was not a concubine-
keeper: he was a kind father, and an affectionate husband: he owed no man a
penny: an ...
Page 321
In his pamphlet he also took up two themes which the Christian haters of negro
slavery, radicals, and moral reformers were discussing that year. Assignment, he
wrote, sometimes entailed a state of hardship and punishment to a degree almost
...
In his pamphlet he also took up two themes which the Christian haters of negro
slavery, radicals, and moral reformers were discussing that year. Assignment, he
wrote, sometimes entailed a state of hardship and punishment to a degree almost
...
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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 |
Copyright | |
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