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 205
What , asked the Sydney Herald in a tone of righteous indignation , were the
convicts about in the Barracks ? What were those loafers up to who , sponging on
the patrimony of government , outraged the ears of the respectable females of ...
What , asked the Sydney Herald in a tone of righteous indignation , were the
convicts about in the Barracks ? What were those loafers up to who , sponging on
the patrimony of government , outraged the ears of the respectable females of ...
Page 234
The Sydney Herald sneered at what they called this howling violence of patriotic
rage . They wrote in a language of near hysteria about the rabble opposition ,
blind to what was plain by then for all to see — that the leaders of both groups
had ...
The Sydney Herald sneered at what they called this howling violence of patriotic
rage . They wrote in a language of near hysteria about the rabble opposition ,
blind to what was plain by then for all to see — that the leaders of both groups
had ...
Page 252
The Sydney Herald welcomed the book because it would provide any committee
appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the future of the convict
system with some useful hints , and tell them the truth about the activities of the
low ...
The Sydney Herald welcomed the book because it would provide any committee
appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the future of the convict
system with some useful hints , and tell them the truth about the activities of the
low ...
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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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