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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Men noted with pleasure Sir John's warmth of heart and contrasted it with the
coldness of his predecessor . They loved his candour : they loved it when he told
them in the simplicity of his heart that he had come among them determined to
see ...
Men noted with pleasure Sir John's warmth of heart and contrasted it with the
coldness of his predecessor . They loved his candour : they loved it when he told
them in the simplicity of his heart that he had come among them determined to
see ...
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In moments of grief , or moments in which men looked upwards to heaven for a
sign that the promptings of their hearts did not go unnoticed , his heart was
always bounteous and responsive . He loved it when his daughter Eleanor and ...
In moments of grief , or moments in which men looked upwards to heaven for a
sign that the promptings of their hearts did not go unnoticed , his heart was
always bounteous and responsive . He loved it when his daughter Eleanor and ...
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Yet , passion's slave though he was , and a stranger here , as all his people had
been , and a petitioner to his God to spare him a little before he went from hence
and was seen no more , the one human being he wore in his heart of hearts was
...
Yet , passion's slave though he was , and a stranger here , as all his people had
been , and a petitioner to his God to spare him a little before he went from hence
and was seen no more , the one human being he wore in his heart of hearts was
...
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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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