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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... lived in cruel bondage were to be liberated . Furphy was an unusual man to dream dreams about the future of humanity . Unlike the Bohemians of the Bulletin he was a writer Who never drinks and never bets , But loves his wife and pays ...
... lived in cruel bondage were to be liberated . Furphy was an unusual man to dream dreams about the future of humanity . Unlike the Bohemians of the Bulletin he was a writer Who never drinks and never bets , But loves his wife and pays ...
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... lived . They had handed down to posterity the advice that only God could still such madness . The Greeks had written persuasively of the dual nature of man — of Dionysos , the God of passion , licence and frenzy , and Apollo , the god ...
... lived . They had handed down to posterity the advice that only God could still such madness . The Greeks had written persuasively of the dual nature of man — of Dionysos , the God of passion , licence and frenzy , and Apollo , the god ...
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... lived at Imbros . The French called him the general who lived on an island . The men were also convinced that appointments to the General Staff were made from ' motives of friendship and social influence ' . Australians on Gallipoli ...
... lived at Imbros . The French called him the general who lived on an island . The men were also convinced that appointments to the General Staff were made from ' motives of friendship and social influence ' . Australians on Gallipoli ...
Contents
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A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
Alfred Deakin and Henry Lawson frontispiece | 112 |
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