A History of Australia: The beginning of an Australian civilization, 1824-1851The late Manning Clark aims to bring to attention the foibles and strengths in every person, traits forced to the fore in the hardship and trauma that occured during the establishment and develpment of white settlement in Australia. Clark sets out to use the tragedies and successes of national heroes such as explorerers and generals, and those of the average person such as soldiers at Gallipoli and farmer's wives, to create a memorable tableau. |
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Page 227
Britain would rot in their native land if they did not carry the steam-engine, the
ploughshare, the halleluiahs of Christianity and all the other achievements of
British civilization into the remotest parts of the Australian wilderness.
Humanitarians ...
Britain would rot in their native land if they did not carry the steam-engine, the
ploughshare, the halleluiahs of Christianity and all the other achievements of
British civilization into the remotest parts of the Australian wilderness.
Humanitarians ...
Page 417
They—the men of Australia [another male gathering to protect the virtue of the
women and children of Australia] had wives, and children, and they would be
content to subdue the land and replenish it without the introduction of British
crime and ...
They—the men of Australia [another male gathering to protect the virtue of the
women and children of Australia] had wives, and children, and they would be
content to subdue the land and replenish it without the introduction of British
crime and ...
Page 419
Grave, decorous, solemn British migrants, rather than the sons of the soil or the
men of the 'cabbage-tree mob', agreed that day to send a delegation from the
meeting to Sir Charles to present him with the text of the protest and the
resolutions, ...
Grave, decorous, solemn British migrants, rather than the sons of the soil or the
men of the 'cabbage-tree mob', agreed that day to send a delegation from the
meeting to Sir Charles to present him with the text of the protest and the
resolutions, ...
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| Title | A History of Australia: The beginning of an Australian civilization, 1824-1851 Volume 3 of A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Authors | Charles Manning Hope Clark, Manning Clark |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1963 |
| ISBN | 052284054X, 9780522840544 |
| Length | 491 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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