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 63
He exhorted the white men present to respect and pity their 'sable brethren' and
to use them with the kindness and forbearance always shown to children, for they
, too, were bone of their bone, and flesh of their flesh, and descended from one ...
He exhorted the white men present to respect and pity their 'sable brethren' and
to use them with the kindness and forbearance always shown to children, for they
, too, were bone of their bone, and flesh of their flesh, and descended from one ...
Page 98
Leaving Portland early in September Mitchell travelled north-east towards the
Murray. By 21 September east of Mount Abrupt (east of the present city of
Hamilton) he travelled over a country quite open, slightly undulating and well
covered with ...
Leaving Portland early in September Mitchell travelled north-east towards the
Murray. By 21 September east of Mount Abrupt (east of the present city of
Hamilton) he travelled over a country quite open, slightly undulating and well
covered with ...
Page 309
At the separation meeting in Geelong on 28 May eighty of the three hundred
present were squatters. Their spokesmen told the meeting how unjust it was for
the sheep men of Port Phillip to pay 20s an acre for Crown land when in the
Middle ...
At the separation meeting in Geelong on 28 May eighty of the three hundred
present were squatters. Their spokesmen told the meeting how unjust it was for
the sheep men of Port Phillip to pay 20s an acre for Crown land when in the
Middle ...
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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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