A History of Australia: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1838The 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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... began to speak , but before he could do so , the Reverend Thomas Hassall rose up hastily to restrain him , and Marsden went away . Early in June , with Marsden still not having paid the fine , the magistrates issued a warrant of ...
... began to speak , but before he could do so , the Reverend Thomas Hassall rose up hastily to restrain him , and Marsden went away . Early in June , with Marsden still not having paid the fine , the magistrates issued a warrant of ...
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... began in time to surround himself with the worldly grandeur , the pomp and ceremony he had known in the houses of the great Whig families in London . He began to develop the Britannia of the Fitzwilliams beside the green waters of ...
... began in time to surround himself with the worldly grandeur , the pomp and ceremony he had known in the houses of the great Whig families in London . He began to develop the Britannia of the Fitzwilliams beside the green waters of ...
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... began to have second thoughts . There he talked things over with Gilbert Robertson and other boon companions of like mind . He began to see himself not as a victim of his own folly , but as a martyr of a pernicious system of human ...
... began to have second thoughts . There he talked things over with Gilbert Robertson and other boon companions of like mind . He began to see himself not as a victim of his own folly , but as a martyr of a pernicious system of human ...
Contents
THE SETTING IN NEW SOUTH WALES | 17 |
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE SON | 41 |
THE NATIVE SON OFFENDS GROSSLY | 61 |
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