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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... Argus exclaimed ' Eureka ! We have gold - gold in abundance . ' William Campbell announced on 8 July the discovery of gold at Clunes . Louis Michel , a Melbourne hotel proprietor who resented the flight of his regular drinkers to the ...
... Argus exclaimed ' Eureka ! We have gold - gold in abundance . ' William Campbell announced on 8 July the discovery of gold at Clunes . Louis Michel , a Melbourne hotel proprietor who resented the flight of his regular drinkers to the ...
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... Argus , 30 January 1854 , 17 August 1855 , 17 , 22 , 26 May 1856 ; W. Kelly , Life in Victoria or Victoria in 1853 , and Victoria in 1858 ( 2 vols , London , 1859 ) , vol . 2 , pp . 133-8 , 167-71 ; Argus , 5 September 1851 ; Grey to ...
... Argus , 30 January 1854 , 17 August 1855 , 17 , 22 , 26 May 1856 ; W. Kelly , Life in Victoria or Victoria in 1853 , and Victoria in 1858 ( 2 vols , London , 1859 ) , vol . 2 , pp . 133-8 , 167-71 ; Argus , 5 September 1851 ; Grey to ...
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... Argus and Reuters , Australians would have a connection with the press of the whole of the civilized world . The Argus in October 1872 , after deploring the high charges , 10s a word making it prohibitive for all but the wealthy , went ...
... Argus and Reuters , Australians would have a connection with the press of the whole of the civilized world . The Argus in October 1872 , after deploring the high charges , 10s a word making it prohibitive for all but the wealthy , went ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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