A History of Australia [vol. 4]Melbourne University, 1963 - Australia |
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... aborigines continued . Near Grafton on 13 August 1853 a party of blacks entered a shepherd's hut and dragged a white woman outside . While two threatened her with nulla - nullas , a third used ' the poor helpless woman as he thought ...
... aborigines continued . Near Grafton on 13 August 1853 a party of blacks entered a shepherd's hut and dragged a white woman outside . While two threatened her with nulla - nullas , a third used ' the poor helpless woman as he thought ...
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... aborigines approached their civilization the more quickly they waned and perished while the white men tried to humanize them . The plain fact was that the ' rough angularities ' of the black could not be worn off by ' squeezing them ...
... aborigines approached their civilization the more quickly they waned and perished while the white men tried to humanize them . The plain fact was that the ' rough angularities ' of the black could not be worn off by ' squeezing them ...
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... aborigines the act of murder was a legitimate reprisal for injuries inflicted by Europeans against their people ... aborigines continued to display hostility after this first act of pacification , and repeated what the aborigines of Port ...
... aborigines the act of murder was a legitimate reprisal for injuries inflicted by Europeans against their people ... aborigines continued to display hostility after this first act of pacification , and repeated what the aborigines of Port ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 11 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 25 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 49 |
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