A History of Australia [vol. 4]Melbourne University, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 144
... committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria ( later the Royal Society ) inquired into the practicability of fitting out an expedition for traversing the unknown interior of the Australian continent . As they saw it , Victoria's ...
... committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria ( later the Royal Society ) inquired into the practicability of fitting out an expedition for traversing the unknown interior of the Australian continent . As they saw it , Victoria's ...
Page 146
... committee wrote in January 1860 , must now acknowledge that it had clearly fallen to Victoria to keep that ' bright star of Australian progress in the ascendant ' . * The exploration committee early in 1860 turned to the important duty ...
... committee wrote in January 1860 , must now acknowledge that it had clearly fallen to Victoria to keep that ' bright star of Australian progress in the ascendant ' . * The exploration committee early in 1860 turned to the important duty ...
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... committee were a party of old women who , thanks to the way Victoria was run , had charge of the destiny of gallant fellows . They pitched into the exploration committee as the evil party in the story . They wanted the bones of ' poor ...
... committee were a party of old women who , thanks to the way Victoria was run , had charge of the destiny of gallant fellows . They pitched into the exploration committee as the evil party in the story . They wanted the bones of ' poor ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 11 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 25 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 49 |
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