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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Page 119
Readers were told that Arthur had created sinecures for his friends to allow them
to wax fat in the land of their adoption . They were told that the colonial revenue
was being squandered on such parasites that farmers and merchants , the two ...
Readers were told that Arthur had created sinecures for his friends to allow them
to wax fat in the land of their adoption . They were told that the colonial revenue
was being squandered on such parasites that farmers and merchants , the two ...
Page 263
He had so displeased Arthur that when it became known that he had not
improved his land Arthur tried to take it from him . So in 1832 Abbott , being then
sixty - six years of age , angered by Arthur standing between him and his deserts
...
He had so displeased Arthur that when it became known that he had not
improved his land Arthur tried to take it from him . So in 1832 Abbott , being then
sixty - six years of age , angered by Arthur standing between him and his deserts
...
Page 264
Within a week the members of the commission sent back to Arthur their report on
the irregularities of the unhappy Gordon , who was by then quite exhausted from
his attempts to impress the respectable while succumbing in private to drives he ...
Within a week the members of the commission sent back to Arthur their report on
the irregularities of the unhappy Gordon , who was by then quite exhausted from
his attempts to impress the respectable while succumbing in private to drives he ...
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Contents
DARKNESS | 1 |
THE SETTING IN NEW SOUTH WALES | 17 |
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE SON | 41 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1838 Volume 2 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, 1962 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2011 |
| ISBN | 0522838219, 9780522838213 |
| Length | 364 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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