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 56
He then turned once again to his God for that comfort and consolation of which
the world seemed so bent to deprive him . Gross falsehood , he told himself ,
could do him no harm : he would never covet the good opinion of the ungodly .
He then turned once again to his God for that comfort and consolation of which
the world seemed so bent to deprive him . Gross falsehood , he told himself ,
could do him no harm : he would never covet the good opinion of the ungodly .
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With great pride he announced in the Colonial Times on 26 December 1828 that
his paper would once again appear in the character of a newspaper , as he put it
, ' Open to all , influenced by none ' , and added that freedom of the press had ...
With great pride he announced in the Colonial Times on 26 December 1828 that
his paper would once again appear in the character of a newspaper , as he put it
, ' Open to all , influenced by none ' , and added that freedom of the press had ...
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How different , they argued , from Wentworth who had once written with passion
of man's duty to chase the black reign of barbarism and cruelty from every region
of the earth.17 On 27 October 1837 a great concourse of people gathered ...
How different , they argued , from Wentworth who had once written with passion
of man's duty to chase the black reign of barbarism and cruelty from every region
of the earth.17 On 27 October 1837 a great concourse of people gathered ...
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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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