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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... Christian England ; the great , the powerful , the intelligent , the good ! There comes Christian England , who , if you were strong enough to demand a price for your land , would buy it from you ; but who , as you are few and weak ...
... Christian England ; the great , the powerful , the intelligent , the good ! There comes Christian England , who , if you were strong enough to demand a price for your land , would buy it from you ; but who , as you are few and weak ...
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... Christian gentlemen and who governed his school according to the principles of the Old Testament ' . It was said too that instead of educating boys to be ' Christian gentlemen ' he ' proved to be the founder of the worship of athletics ...
... Christian gentlemen and who governed his school according to the principles of the Old Testament ' . It was said too that instead of educating boys to be ' Christian gentlemen ' he ' proved to be the founder of the worship of athletics ...
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... Christian ' love of notoriety ' and a ' self - evident want of veracity ' , and a man who deserved to be punished ' for thus vilifying Australia ' . The Reverend Mr Gribble , who saw himself as a fool in Christ whose heart was ...
... Christian ' love of notoriety ' and a ' self - evident want of veracity ' , and a man who deserved to be punished ' for thus vilifying Australia ' . The Reverend Mr Gribble , who saw himself as a fool in Christ whose heart was ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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