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... bribery of officials was commonplace and that the magistrates were bound in an ' unholy compact with unsavoury publicans such as Bentley , a crowd of angry diggers gathered near the Eureka Hotel on 17 October to discuss the affair .
... bribery of officials was commonplace and that the magistrates were bound in an ' unholy compact with unsavoury publicans such as Bentley , a crowd of angry diggers gathered near the Eureka Hotel on 17 October to discuss the affair .
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In that October of 1861 , as enthusiasts in Sydney were toasting the coming of a golden age , news reached Melbourne and Sydney that Robert O'Hara Burke , William John Wills and poor Charley Gray had perished in the centre of Australia ...
In that October of 1861 , as enthusiasts in Sydney were toasting the coming of a golden age , news reached Melbourne and Sydney that Robert O'Hara Burke , William John Wills and poor Charley Gray had perished in the centre of Australia ...
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Stuart Donaldson , the head of the first government of gentlemen in New South Wales , the prospec* Psalm 144 , v . 9-15 ; Reminiscences of Samuel Shumack ( Ms. in nat . L. ) ; Young to Newcastle , 21 October 1862 , in Miscellaneous ...
Stuart Donaldson , the head of the first government of gentlemen in New South Wales , the prospec* Psalm 144 , v . 9-15 ; Reminiscences of Samuel Shumack ( Ms. in nat . L. ) ; Young to Newcastle , 21 October 1862 , in Miscellaneous ...
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Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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| Title | A History of Australia [vol. 4] Volume 4 of A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Publisher | Melbourne University, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0522841473, 9780522841473 |
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