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 164
These commissioners had been given the innocuous power of erecting beacons
and landmarks upon Crown lands so that all and sundry would know the
boundaries of settlement, and were to receive the assistance of the justices of the
peace ...
These commissioners had been given the innocuous power of erecting beacons
and landmarks upon Crown lands so that all and sundry would know the
boundaries of settlement, and were to receive the assistance of the justices of the
peace ...
Page 165
In March he passed through the Legislative Council an Act which divided the
Crown lands into districts each of which was to be under the authority of a Crown
lands commissioner, who was to reside in the district, keep the peace with the aid
of ...
In March he passed through the Legislative Council an Act which divided the
Crown lands into districts each of which was to be under the authority of a Crown
lands commissioner, who was to reside in the district, keep the peace with the aid
of ...
Page 166
In that month Gipps published in Sydney and Melbourne the instructions he had
received from London to raise the minimum upset price for Crown lands from 5s
to 12s an acre. To provide the pecuniary means of assisting migration and to ...
In that month Gipps published in Sydney and Melbourne the instructions he had
received from London to raise the minimum upset price for Crown lands from 5s
to 12s an acre. To provide the pecuniary means of assisting migration and to ...
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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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