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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48 In September he and his friends decided to hold a Turf Club dinner at which
they proposed to honour Governor Brisbane for presenting a gold cup as a prize
for a horse race . Darling , sensing Wentworth and Wardell might exploit the ...
48 In September he and his friends decided to hold a Turf Club dinner at which
they proposed to honour Governor Brisbane for presenting a gold cup as a prize
for a horse race . Darling , sensing Wentworth and Wardell might exploit the ...
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1 On 22 September at a public meeting at the Court of Requests in Hobart Town
called to form a town guard so that a portion of the military could take part in the
movement against the blacks , a surprising unanimity prevailed , as speaker after
...
1 On 22 September at a public meeting at the Court of Requests in Hobart Town
called to form a town guard so that a portion of the military could take part in the
movement against the blacks , a surprising unanimity prevailed , as speaker after
...
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51 So when the letter in which Lytton Bulwer suggested the foundation of a
political association in Van Diemen's Land arrived in Hobart Town in September ,
Melville seized on it as an opportunity to promote his own policy that a house of ...
51 So when the letter in which Lytton Bulwer suggested the foundation of a
political association in Van Diemen's Land arrived in Hobart Town in September ,
Melville seized on it as an opportunity to promote his own policy that a house of ...
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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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