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Page 43
In self-defence he began to wear on his face that 'peculiarly captivating grin' of
the man whose only chance was to remain ingratiating. By contrast another man
who was tormented all his life by a sense of shame in his family's past, Charles ...
In self-defence he began to wear on his face that 'peculiarly captivating grin' of
the man whose only chance was to remain ingratiating. By contrast another man
who was tormented all his life by a sense of shame in his family's past, Charles ...
Page 251
When thirsty members in the crowd called for drink, the brazen broached a tub of
wine and began to hand out goblets to their friends. Inflamed by drink, a hungry
mob rushed the tables on which the food was laid out. A saturnalia began.
When thirsty members in the crowd called for drink, the brazen broached a tub of
wine and began to hand out goblets to their friends. Inflamed by drink, a hungry
mob rushed the tables on which the food was laid out. A saturnalia began.
Page 331
With their money gone, the friends and sympathizers began to fall off. The police,
by then not short of a bob with which to buy informers, had infested the bush with
spies and traitors. Rumours also reached the Kelly camp that the police were ...
With their money gone, the friends and sympathizers began to fall off. The police,
by then not short of a bob with which to buy informers, had infested the bush with
spies and traitors. Rumours also reached the Kelly camp that the police were ...
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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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aborigines Adam Lindsay Gordon Adelaide April Argus August Australian bush Australian colonies Ballarat barbarism Beechworth believed Berry bourgeois bourgeoisie Brisbane British Bulletin Burke bushrangers camp Catholic Charles Chinese Christ Christian Church civilization convict Courier December democracy diggers discovery of gold district drunken earth electoral Empire England English eyes February fields Geelong gentlemen gentry gold-fields heart Henry Lawson Henry Parkes Herald Herald Melbourne Hobart Hotham human Irish James Macarthur January John July June Kelly labour land larrikin Legislative Assembly Legislative Council licence living London Macarthur mankind March Marcus Clarke Melbourne moral Ned Kelly night November October parliament police political Protestant Queensland railway Robert O'Hara Burke savages schools September society South Australia South Wales squatters streets Sydney told town Trobe Victoria W. C. Wentworth wanted Wentworth Western Australia wild William woman women young
Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 4 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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