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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... committee to promote the introduction of men and women of good moral character and industrious habits . He proposed to send an agent or agents to the British Isles to pick out such migrants . He also proposed to offer to those settlers ...
... committee to promote the introduction of men and women of good moral character and industrious habits . He proposed to send an agent or agents to the British Isles to pick out such migrants . He also proposed to offer to those settlers ...
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... committee be appointed to inquire into the system of transportation , its efficacy as a punishment , its influence on the moral state of society in the penal colonies , and how far it was susceptible of improvement . He was hoping for a ...
... committee be appointed to inquire into the system of transportation , its efficacy as a punishment , its influence on the moral state of society in the penal colonies , and how far it was susceptible of improvement . He was hoping for a ...
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... committee hoping to persuade them to abolish the unclean thing . 61 Molesworth collected further evidence on the failure of transportation to excite an appropriate degree of apprehension in the minds of the criminal classes of the ...
... committee hoping to persuade them to abolish the unclean thing . 61 Molesworth collected further evidence on the failure of transportation to excite an appropriate degree of apprehension in the minds of the criminal classes of the ...
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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