A History of Australia, Volume 4This fourth volume continues the story [of the history of Australia] from the discovery of gold in February 1851 to the centenary of the coming of European civilization to Australia on January 26 1888. Its vital theme concerns the debate in Australian about the life of man without God; and the impending breakdown of bourgeois society, succeeded by an age of ruins. |
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... April as poor Charley Gray struggled along fifteen minutes behind the others , Wills believed he was ' gammoning ' . Gray did not speak a word distinctly again . At sunrise on 17 April , near the eastern shores of Lake Massacre ...
... April as poor Charley Gray struggled along fifteen minutes behind the others , Wills believed he was ' gammoning ' . Gray did not speak a word distinctly again . At sunrise on 17 April , near the eastern shores of Lake Massacre ...
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... April 1854 , 540 322 in April 1861 , and 729 654 in April 1871. New South Wales had 197 265 in 1851 , 350 860 in 1861 , and 503 981 by 1871. South Australia had 66 538 in 1851 , and 188 644 by 1871 . Queensland had 34 367 in 1861 , and ...
... April 1854 , 540 322 in April 1861 , and 729 654 in April 1871. New South Wales had 197 265 in 1851 , 350 860 in 1861 , and 503 981 by 1871. South Australia had 66 538 in 1851 , and 188 644 by 1871 . Queensland had 34 367 in 1861 , and ...
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... April of 1875 , while inland on the way to the Palmer aborigines were eating yellow men , and white men were ... April 1875 ; Queensland Times ( Ipswich ) , 19 June 1875 ; H. Holthouse , River of Gold ( Sydney , 1967 ) , ch . 8 ...
... April of 1875 , while inland on the way to the Palmer aborigines were eating yellow men , and white men were ... April 1875 ; Queensland Times ( Ipswich ) , 19 June 1875 ; H. Holthouse , River of Gold ( Sydney , 1967 ) , ch . 8 ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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