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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He looked forward to the day when the natives became the bottle - washers ,
kitchen boys , stable hands and ploughboys of the white man's civilization , for he
liked to believe that the black man was not innately incapable of making the leap
...
He looked forward to the day when the natives became the bottle - washers ,
kitchen boys , stable hands and ploughboys of the white man's civilization , for he
liked to believe that the black man was not innately incapable of making the leap
...
Page 134
On the surface it looked like a local government election in an English provincial
town . Flags waved over the polling booths , supporters of the various candidates
pinned ribbons on the lapels of their coats , and candidates liberally handed out ...
On the surface it looked like a local government election in an English provincial
town . Flags waved over the polling booths , supporters of the various candidates
pinned ribbons on the lapels of their coats , and candidates liberally handed out ...
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... Australian that he looked forward to the time when the confederation of British
colonies in this hemisphere would be looked upon as one of the most brilliant
constellations in the diadem of Imperial Britain . After all , both those strains lived
in ...
... Australian that he looked forward to the time when the confederation of British
colonies in this hemisphere would be looked upon as one of the most brilliant
constellations in the diadem of Imperial Britain . After all , both those strains lived
in ...
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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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