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 46
He had a vision of men living in the colony as though they were in Arcady , of gay
innocents who had not been tainted by power , or the pursuit of filthy material
gain . He ended with a quotation from a poem which summed up his great dream
...
He had a vision of men living in the colony as though they were in Arcady , of gay
innocents who had not been tainted by power , or the pursuit of filthy material
gain . He ended with a quotation from a poem which summed up his great dream
...
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The commissioners wrote of a people whose innate wickedness had been
swollen by living in a convict society . ... and driving them off their land to Hobart
Town where they lived a miserable existence , their wives sometimes earning a
little ...
The commissioners wrote of a people whose innate wickedness had been
swollen by living in a convict society . ... and driving them off their land to Hobart
Town where they lived a miserable existence , their wives sometimes earning a
little ...
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tried again before the Supreme Court in Sydney in January of 1828 , after which
he took to the bush , murdered a man with whom he had lived , and burnt his
body to a cinder . After Donahoe was shot in 1830 the Sydney Gazette and all the
...
tried again before the Supreme Court in Sydney in January of 1828 , after which
he took to the bush , murdered a man with whom he had lived , and burnt his
body to a cinder . After Donahoe was shot in 1830 the Sydney Gazette and all the
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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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