A History of Australia: The beginning of an Australian civilization, 1824-1851The third volume of Manning Clark's distinguished history takes the story of Australia to the momentous discovery of gold and the separation of Victoria from New South Wales. Up to this point the story is one of destruction as well as construction: the destruction of the Aborigines and the construction of an essentially English bourgeois society and the taming of an alien and seemingly sterile land along the coastal country. |
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Page 179
In this way, Ben Boyd began to 'throw signs on History'.11 While Ben Boyd was
dreaming of building a kingdom for himself in New Holland by exploiting cheap
convict labour, Her Majesty's Government decided on 22 May 1840 that as from i
...
In this way, Ben Boyd began to 'throw signs on History'.11 While Ben Boyd was
dreaming of building a kingdom for himself in New Holland by exploiting cheap
convict labour, Her Majesty's Government decided on 22 May 1840 that as from i
...
Page 259
By 1847 all that remained of their kingdom was the Tarraganda homestead and
the headstones on two graves.28 Nor did Benjamin Boyd leave much lasting
memorial. Arriving in Sydney in July 1842 at a time when the commercial crisis ...
By 1847 all that remained of their kingdom was the Tarraganda homestead and
the headstones on two graves.28 Nor did Benjamin Boyd leave much lasting
memorial. Arriving in Sydney in July 1842 at a time when the commercial crisis ...
Page 369
Some of these went to work with Ben Boyd for five rupees a month, but their
overseers reported that they were quite unfit for work in the bush. The Sydney
Morning Herald commented in April 1847 that the mere fact of graziers having
recourse ...
Some of these went to work with Ben Boyd for five rupees a month, but their
overseers reported that they were quite unfit for work in the bush. The Sydney
Morning Herald commented in April 1847 that the mere fact of graziers having
recourse ...
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Contents
Charles Harpur and Jackey Jackey frontispiece | 32 |
A BRIT1SH PROVINCE WITH A LAUDABLE PURPOSE | 42 |
Edward John Eyre | 48 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | A History of Australia: The beginning of an Australian civilization, 1824-1851 A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 Volume 3 of Dummy reekstitel Volume 3 of A History of Australia: The Beginning of an Australian Civilization. 1824-1851, Manning Clark Volume 3 of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1838, Charles Manning Hope Clark Volume 3 of The Beginnings of an Australian Civilization, 1824-1851, Charles Manning Hope Clark Volume 3 of The Earth Abideth Forever, 1851-1888, Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 8 Apr 2009 |
| ISBN | 052284054X, 9780522840544 |
| Length | 508 pages |
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