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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The handsome grant of land which he confidently expected his Gracious
Sovereign to confer on him for his courage and devotion during the Napoleonic
Wars never materialized . Not even for Sir Richard Spencer , a hero of the British
navy ...
The handsome grant of land which he confidently expected his Gracious
Sovereign to confer on him for his courage and devotion during the Napoleonic
Wars never materialized . Not even for Sir Richard Spencer , a hero of the British
navy ...
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It never occurred to him that a new faith was taking shape in the minds of the men
on whom he believed God alone could work a great marvel . It never occurred to
him that these men who drank all their earnings every fifteen or eighteen ...
It never occurred to him that a new faith was taking shape in the minds of the men
on whom he believed God alone could work a great marvel . It never occurred to
him that these men who drank all their earnings every fifteen or eighteen ...
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At a public meeting in the Cornwall Hotel on 9 August , called to ensure the
abolition of transportation to the island at once and forever , everyone agreed that
the only way to ensure this was for people to pledge themselves solemnly never
to ...
At a public meeting in the Cornwall Hotel on 9 August , called to ensure the
abolition of transportation to the island at once and forever , everyone agreed that
the only way to ensure this was for people to pledge themselves solemnly never
to ...
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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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