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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... Bulletin , would not take it unless it was good . Archibald reminded contributors that if the Bard of Avon , no less a person than William Shakespeare , offered a piece to the Bulletin he would tell him to stick it all into one ...
... Bulletin , would not take it unless it was good . Archibald reminded contributors that if the Bard of Avon , no less a person than William Shakespeare , offered a piece to the Bulletin he would tell him to stick it all into one ...
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... Bulletin in a reference to the legacy of convictism called ' inherited impulse ' , soon led them to abandon the last restraints of modesty . A picnic at the seaside degenerated into a Baccha- nalian orgy , as the women , incensed by ...
... Bulletin in a reference to the legacy of convictism called ' inherited impulse ' , soon led them to abandon the last restraints of modesty . A picnic at the seaside degenerated into a Baccha- nalian orgy , as the women , incensed by ...
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... Bulletin published a cartoon showing modern daughters ordering brandy and soda rather than glasses of milk as they took refreshment with their papas in the ladies ' lounges of the Sydney hotels . The Bulletin also published rules of ...
... Bulletin published a cartoon showing modern daughters ordering brandy and soda rather than glasses of milk as they took refreshment with their papas in the ladies ' lounges of the Sydney hotels . The Bulletin also published rules of ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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