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 67
By the labour of their hands the men tilled the soil, milked cows, chopped wood
and carried water. Women and children, too, laboured with their hands for the
common good, for there was about the settlement the air of a community that had
...
By the labour of their hands the men tilled the soil, milked cows, chopped wood
and carried water. Women and children, too, laboured with their hands for the
common good, for there was about the settlement the air of a community that had
...
Page 101
... he was longing for some 'old hands' to rescue him from the ineptitude of 'new
chums', who also quickly acquired the 'disease' of free workers in the Australian
colonies and bolted as soon as they fancied a job did not 'suit them so well'.
... he was longing for some 'old hands' to rescue him from the ineptitude of 'new
chums', who also quickly acquired the 'disease' of free workers in the Australian
colonies and bolted as soon as they fancied a job did not 'suit them so well'.
Page 435
In Newcastle, Sydney, Hobart, Launceston and Brisbane ticketof-leave men lay
about in the streets in the evening in a beastly state of intoxication, vomiting in the
gutters, putting their hands up ladies' dresses and boasting all too loudly that ...
In Newcastle, Sydney, Hobart, Launceston and Brisbane ticketof-leave men lay
about in the streets in the evening in a beastly state of intoxication, vomiting in the
gutters, putting their hands up ladies' dresses and boasting all too loudly that ...
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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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