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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As a supplement to the beneficent influence exerted on the morals of mankind by
a knowledge of the past, they published in each issue a series of moral maxims
such as: A bad style is better than a lewd story A chaste eye exiles licentious ...
As a supplement to the beneficent influence exerted on the morals of mankind by
a knowledge of the past, they published in each issue a series of moral maxims
such as: A bad style is better than a lewd story A chaste eye exiles licentious ...
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of moral corruption. ... In his eyes Eardley-Wilmot was indifferent to their moral
welfare. ... was no friend of the Church, when the events of 1845 planted in his
mind even more monstrous suspicions about the morals of the Lieutenant-
Governor.
of moral corruption. ... In his eyes Eardley-Wilmot was indifferent to their moral
welfare. ... was no friend of the Church, when the events of 1845 planted in his
mind even more monstrous suspicions about the morals of the Lieutenant-
Governor.
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of any intrinsic memorability in the words, but because it illustrated the point his
enemies were making—that he was polluting the morals of Government House
society at a time when the convicts were spreading their deadly moral pollution ...
of any intrinsic memorability in the words, but because it illustrated the point his
enemies were making—that he was polluting the morals of Government House
society at a time when the convicts were spreading their deadly moral pollution ...
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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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