A History of Australia: The people make laws, 1888-1915The late Manning Clark aims to bring to attention the foibles and strengths in every person, traits forced to the fore in the hardship and trauma that occured during the establishment and develpment of white settlement in Australia. Clark sets out to use the tragedies and successes of national heroes such as explorerers and generals, and those of the average person such as soldiers at Gallipoli and farmer's wives, to create a memorable tableau. |
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Page 97
... never find even a single swagman who wanted to return . He remembered it as a ' long long agony ' , where the world looked dismal and funereal . Later still he mentioned it as the land where no green grass ever grew , a land where scrub ...
... never find even a single swagman who wanted to return . He remembered it as a ' long long agony ' , where the world looked dismal and funereal . Later still he mentioned it as the land where no green grass ever grew , a land where scrub ...
Page 181
... never deserted him , as the man who never bore a grudge against anyone , and indeed was so kindly disposed that he was deeply upset if he ever touched another man or woman on a wound of which he had been ignorant . ' Many greedy men had ...
... never deserted him , as the man who never bore a grudge against anyone , and indeed was so kindly disposed that he was deeply upset if he ever touched another man or woman on a wound of which he had been ignorant . ' Many greedy men had ...
Page 387
... never , never , never shall be slaves ' : some of a serious turn of mind scribbled on sheets of paper letters to wives or girlfriends or mothers or mates left at home about the hole in the heart caused by separation from a loved one ...
... never , never , never shall be slaves ' : some of a serious turn of mind scribbled on sheets of paper letters to wives or girlfriends or mothers or mates left at home about the hole in the heart caused by separation from a loved one ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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