A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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... Town the fifty - five members of a people which had probably numbered five thousand at the beginning of white civilization , lived in a miserable collection of huts and outbuildings . They were profoundly dirty , they swarmed with fleas ...
... Town the fifty - five members of a people which had probably numbered five thousand at the beginning of white civilization , lived in a miserable collection of huts and outbuildings . They were profoundly dirty , they swarmed with fleas ...
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... Town Courier railed against ' the deplorable incubus of senility and drivelling ' in London and urged the English to ' shovel out of town the traitors , fools , and triflers who beset the ark of the nation ' . Seven days later on 5 ...
... Town Courier railed against ' the deplorable incubus of senility and drivelling ' in London and urged the English to ' shovel out of town the traitors , fools , and triflers who beset the ark of the nation ' . Seven days later on 5 ...
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... town in the Eyre Peninsula , began to keep pace with improvements in the cities . In that year 24 May witnessed the first grand illumination of the town by gaslight when ' a resplendent light ' was seen in front of business places . The ...
... town in the Eyre Peninsula , began to keep pace with improvements in the cities . In that year 24 May witnessed the first grand illumination of the town by gaslight when ' a resplendent light ' was seen in front of business places . The ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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