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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... gentry by establishing a colony at Swan River with himself as Lieutenant - Governor . It took him two years to convince the men in black in Whitehall that this ' very large tract of land ' offered opportunities for what he called ...
... gentry by establishing a colony at Swan River with himself as Lieutenant - Governor . It took him two years to convince the men in black in Whitehall that this ' very large tract of land ' offered opportunities for what he called ...
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... gentry of Adelaide . They also provided the experience essential to any man seeking the whereabouts of grass for the sheep and cattle of the would - be gentry of South Australia . When he and three other Europeans , two abori- gines ...
... gentry of Adelaide . They also provided the experience essential to any man seeking the whereabouts of grass for the sheep and cattle of the would - be gentry of South Australia . When he and three other Europeans , two abori- gines ...
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... gentry to be beyond the pale . Yet he and his brothers had heavy investments in shopkeeping which they denounced as soiling and degrading to gentlemen . Henry Dangar had a series of country stores on the track from Patrick's Plains to ...
... gentry to be beyond the pale . Yet he and his brothers had heavy investments in shopkeeping which they denounced as soiling and degrading to gentlemen . Henry Dangar had a series of country stores on the track from Patrick's Plains to ...
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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