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 194
... moral evils of the existing order . From time to time they drew attention to the horrors inseparable from that system . When a man was executed for highway robbery in August he said on the scaffold he would rather resign himself to that ...
... moral evils of the existing order . From time to time they drew attention to the horrors inseparable from that system . When a man was executed for highway robbery in August he said on the scaffold he would rather resign himself to that ...
Page 244
... moral and respectable men , not with the dissolute and worthless : he was not a concubine - keeper : he was a kind father , and an affectionate husband : he owed no man a penny : an independent man was the Botany Bay Tory . By contrast ...
... moral and respectable men , not with the dissolute and worthless : he was not a concubine - keeper : he was a kind father , and an affectionate husband : he owed no man a penny : an independent man was the Botany Bay Tory . By contrast ...
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... moral depravity of all , but he was close to it . He also touched on the other subject set for discussion in that year - the propriety and wisdom of conferring the birthrights of Englishmen on societies with a lamentable depravity of morals ...
... moral depravity of all , but he was close to it . He also touched on the other subject set for discussion in that year - the propriety and wisdom of conferring the birthrights of Englishmen on societies with a lamentable depravity of morals ...
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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