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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... mankind . The cunning and the strong would survive any upheaval : the innocent and the weak would lose the few mites they had . Others portrayed a scenario of future events in which the centenary of European settlement in Australia ...
... mankind . The cunning and the strong would survive any upheaval : the innocent and the weak would lose the few mites they had . Others portrayed a scenario of future events in which the centenary of European settlement in Australia ...
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... mankind from the priests and parsons so that men might enjoy the virtues of domesticity . On women and Aborigines he dropped not a word . He wanted a society in which white Anglo - Saxon men could get on : women could help these men to ...
... mankind from the priests and parsons so that men might enjoy the virtues of domesticity . On women and Aborigines he dropped not a word . He wanted a society in which white Anglo - Saxon men could get on : women could help these men to ...
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... Mankind ' . In their electoral handbills they referred to their ambition to stand for ' Justice to all and privilege to none ' . But once in parliament they proposed to obtain that by practising the skills of the political trimmer ...
... Mankind ' . In their electoral handbills they referred to their ambition to stand for ' Justice to all and privilege to none ' . But once in parliament they proposed to obtain that by practising the skills of the political trimmer ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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