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 134
... woman went for a bicycle ride with another woman along Boundary Road , Toorak . Believing she was in an area of the Mecca of good breeding neither she nor her friend feared they would be the butts for the larrikins of Collingwood . So ...
... woman went for a bicycle ride with another woman along Boundary Road , Toorak . Believing she was in an area of the Mecca of good breeding neither she nor her friend feared they would be the butts for the larrikins of Collingwood . So ...
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... woman . But she , a slip of a girl with a mighty spirit within her breast , had a vision of a life for women much richer and more rewarding than any she had known so far . She dreamed that a day would come when a woman would no longer ...
... woman . But she , a slip of a girl with a mighty spirit within her breast , had a vision of a life for women much richer and more rewarding than any she had known so far . She dreamed that a day would come when a woman would no longer ...
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... woman with whom he had hoped to drop the mask and share everything , his ' spirit woman ' , had died . The small earnings from his published work and his writings were not enough to pay for the upkeep of two estab- lishments : one for ...
... woman with whom he had hoped to drop the mask and share everything , his ' spirit woman ' , had died . The small earnings from his published work and his writings were not enough to pay for the upkeep of two estab- lishments : one for ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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