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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What he saw there confirmed his view that man's role was to emerge unscathed
from nature's never - ending war without caring for the fate of the ... the answer to
their conduct against the white man was simple : they must be subdued by fear .
What he saw there confirmed his view that man's role was to emerge unscathed
from nature's never - ending war without caring for the fate of the ... the answer to
their conduct against the white man was simple : they must be subdued by fear .
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By the middle of 1840 he was beginning to form ideas on how the black man
could be protected against the invader . As he saw it , the coming of the white
man's herds and flocks had inflicted a serious loss on the aborigines without any
...
By the middle of 1840 he was beginning to form ideas on how the black man
could be protected against the invader . As he saw it , the coming of the white
man's herds and flocks had inflicted a serious loss on the aborigines without any
...
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available evidence it appeared that the aborigines were fortunately disappearing
off the face of the earth or retiring to places where they could no longer destroy
the white man's stock , burn his crops , or practise those abominations on each ...
available evidence it appeared that the aborigines were fortunately disappearing
off the face of the earth or retiring to places where they could no longer destroy
the white man's stock , burn his crops , or practise those abominations on each ...
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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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