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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... Burke's ears . Trusting his own very fallible judgement , Mr Burke chose George James Landells as his second - in - command , not sensing then that that greedy man would stir the madness in his own blood . Deciding rather hastily that ...
... Burke's ears . Trusting his own very fallible judgement , Mr Burke chose George James Landells as his second - in - command , not sensing then that that greedy man would stir the madness in his own blood . Deciding rather hastily that ...
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... Burke's prudish Irish heart . A letter arrived from the exploration committee in Melbourne urging him to curb his extravagance . Mr Burke , never a man to practise moderation in anything , put them on a spartan diet . Ferguson , the ...
... Burke's prudish Irish heart . A letter arrived from the exploration committee in Melbourne urging him to curb his extravagance . Mr Burke , never a man to practise moderation in anything , put them on a spartan diet . Ferguson , the ...
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... Burke gave the blacks beads and matches . For a brief season Mr Burke became god - like , a lord of cre- ation . 17 Mr Burke still spoke of those consummate food - gatherers as men who might try to ' bully or bounce them ' , men who ...
... Burke gave the blacks beads and matches . For a brief season Mr Burke became god - like , a lord of cre- ation . 17 Mr Burke still spoke of those consummate food - gatherers as men who might try to ' bully or bounce them ' , men who ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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