A History of Australia: The beginning of an Australian civilization, 1824-1851The 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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These settlements on Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group , King Island in
Bass Strait , Wilson's Promontory , Phillip Island , Port Fairy , Portland Bay ,
Kangaroo Island and King George's Sound were composed of bolters from the
convict ...
These settlements on Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group , King Island in
Bass Strait , Wilson's Promontory , Phillip Island , Port Fairy , Portland Bay ,
Kangaroo Island and King George's Sound were composed of bolters from the
convict ...
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Shortly after taking up his duties as private secretary to the LieutenantGovernor of
Van Diemen's Land in 1837 , he had come to the conclusion that the island was a
sink of wickedness ' not because of man's innate depravity but because of the ...
Shortly after taking up his duties as private secretary to the LieutenantGovernor of
Van Diemen's Land in 1837 , he had come to the conclusion that the island was a
sink of wickedness ' not because of man's innate depravity but because of the ...
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They were to be composed first of convicts who had passed through their
detention at Norfolk Island and of convicts sentenced to transportation for less
than life , who might be indicated by the Secretary of State for the Home
Department as ...
They were to be composed first of convicts who had passed through their
detention at Norfolk Island and of convicts sentenced to transportation for less
than life , who might be indicated by the Secretary of State for the Home
Department as ...
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Contents
ANOTHER PROVINCE FOR BRITAINS GENTRY | 17 |
A BRITISH PROVINCE WITH A LAUDABLE PURPOSE | 42 |
HIGH NOON FOR MORAL IMPROVERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA | 62 |
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| Title | A History of Australia: The beginning of an Australian civilization, 1824-1851 Volume 3 of A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Authors | Charles Manning Hope Clark, Manning Clark |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2011 |
| ISBN | 052284054X, 9780522840544 |
| Length | 491 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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