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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31 As the rude jokes and jests began to circulate in Hobart Town about the killjoy
who had taken over in Government House where prayers and fastings and black
looks had replaced the gaiety of those three friends of humanity , Collins ...
31 As the rude jokes and jests began to circulate in Hobart Town about the killjoy
who had taken over in Government House where prayers and fastings and black
looks had replaced the gaiety of those three friends of humanity , Collins ...
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Some sniffed at these ceremonials of a dull punctilious lot , and pined for the real
thing : some scoffed at the local insistence that Sydney and Hobart Town society
were either lively or amusing or were not the sweetest and most delectable of all
...
Some sniffed at these ceremonials of a dull punctilious lot , and pined for the real
thing : some scoffed at the local insistence that Sydney and Hobart Town society
were either lively or amusing or were not the sweetest and most delectable of all
...
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Once again , the Saint of Hobart Town found himself strangely out of sympathy
with the temper of his people . In the pothouses of Hobart Town the mockers
quickly brought these women to derision . Some , as in New South Wales , hoped
that ...
Once again , the Saint of Hobart Town found himself strangely out of sympathy
with the temper of his people . In the pothouses of Hobart Town the mockers
quickly brought these women to derision . Some , as in New South Wales , hoped
that ...
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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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