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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... lived . He wore black clothes . He walked with a stoop , as though his shoulders were weighed down with the burden of human depravity . The pallor of the cheeks , and the tight - lipped mouth , which rarely broke into a smile , seemed a ...
... lived . He wore black clothes . He walked with a stoop , as though his shoulders were weighed down with the burden of human depravity . The pallor of the cheeks , and the tight - lipped mouth , which rarely broke into a smile , seemed a ...
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... lived a miserable existence , their wives sometimes earning a little pittance by washing clothes . They wrote of a society in which the weak were oppressed , where some had taken their lives because of their misfortunes , and some were ...
... lived a miserable existence , their wives sometimes earning a little pittance by washing clothes . They wrote of a society in which the weak were oppressed , where some had taken their lives because of their misfortunes , and some were ...
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... lived , and burnt his body to a cinder . After Donahoe was shot in 1830 the Sydney Gazette and all the respectable people in the colony rejoiced that they were rid of one of the most dangerous spirits that had ever infected it , and ...
... lived , and burnt his body to a cinder . After Donahoe was shot in 1830 the Sydney Gazette and all the respectable people in the colony rejoiced that they were rid of one of the most dangerous spirits that had ever infected it , and ...
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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