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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... Phillip with an Italian name and a hotel built in imitation of that shoddy grandeur which characterized fashionable English waterfronts in the last quarter of the century , the painter Tom Roberts saw a man of singular beauty out on the ...
... Phillip with an Italian name and a hotel built in imitation of that shoddy grandeur which characterized fashionable English waterfronts in the last quarter of the century , the painter Tom Roberts saw a man of singular beauty out on the ...
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... Phillip Island , the federal constitution must be ratified as soon as possible . Conservatives must draft quickly a constitution which would protect their interests . For soon the voice of the people would rise from a whisper to a roar ...
... Phillip Island , the federal constitution must be ratified as soon as possible . Conservatives must draft quickly a constitution which would protect their interests . For soon the voice of the people would rise from a whisper to a roar ...
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... Phillip and the Derwent . Crackers exploded . Men and women danced in the streets . Their God had not let them down . Both Houses of the Commonwealth Parliament unanimously agreed to send a message to the Secretary of State for the ...
... Phillip and the Derwent . Crackers exploded . Men and women danced in the streets . Their God had not let them down . Both Houses of the Commonwealth Parliament unanimously agreed to send a message to the Secretary of State for the ...
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A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
Alfred Deakin and Henry Lawson frontispiece | 112 |
Copyright | |
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