A History of Australia [vol. 4]Melbourne University, 1963 - Australia |
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... became ' great in purse ' . He became part of the ' furor in money - getting ' , part of the vulgarization of the wealthy classes in society . Riches became the test of a man's position . As one observer put it , ' it is not what you ...
... became ' great in purse ' . He became part of the ' furor in money - getting ' , part of the vulgarization of the wealthy classes in society . Riches became the test of a man's position . As one observer put it , ' it is not what you ...
Page 60
... became like men who had been superseded by the march of human progress . They became lost , bewildered and frightened men who were just as wild in their fears as they had been previously in their hopes . They replaced the extravagances ...
... became like men who had been superseded by the march of human progress . They became lost , bewildered and frightened men who were just as wild in their fears as they had been previously in their hopes . They replaced the extravagances ...
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... became again dangerously excited . An attack of the ' sillies ' swept through him like a gale he never could resist . He became impatient to get to the gulf . Before him stood the Selwyn Ranges , to 15 R. O. Burke to his uncles , 30 ...
... became again dangerously excited . An attack of the ' sillies ' swept through him like a gale he never could resist . He became impatient to get to the gulf . Before him stood the Selwyn Ranges , to 15 R. O. Burke to his uncles , 30 ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 11 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 25 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 49 |
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