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 179
... evil of convictism be replaced by a greater evil , for if the predominance of members of the Catholic faith were established in Australia by assisted immigration , the toleration and freedom of their own religious worship and rights ...
... evil of convictism be replaced by a greater evil , for if the predominance of members of the Catholic faith were established in Australia by assisted immigration , the toleration and freedom of their own religious worship and rights ...
Page 220
... evil . Believing the people behind him in the blow he had struck at the overpowering influence of the Arthur faction , Sir John wrote to Lord Stanley like a man who had taken part in one of those encounters celebrated by the Psalmist in ...
... evil . Believing the people behind him in the blow he had struck at the overpowering influence of the Arthur faction , Sir John wrote to Lord Stanley like a man who had taken part in one of those encounters celebrated by the Psalmist in ...
Page 319
... evil was the same as the remedy for the collisions between the legislature and the executive - namely , responsible government and an absence of all interference on the part of the home authorities , except on questions purely imperial ...
... evil was the same as the remedy for the collisions between the legislature and the executive - namely , responsible government and an absence of all interference on the part of the home authorities , except on questions purely imperial ...
Contents
ANOTHER PROVINCE FOR BRITAINS GENTRY | 17 |
A BRITISH PROVINCE WITH A LAUDABLE PURPOSE | 42 |
HIGH NOON FOR MORAL IMPROVERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA | 73 |
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