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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... Herald . It was said that , like Parkes , this one - time radical had turned his coat inside - out and begun to advocate a ' mawkish conservatism ' as the new editor of the Herald . Under the pseudonym of John Adams , he wrote a series ...
... Herald . It was said that , like Parkes , this one - time radical had turned his coat inside - out and begun to advocate a ' mawkish conservatism ' as the new editor of the Herald . Under the pseudonym of John Adams , he wrote a series ...
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... Herald , he also left the diggers ' irrepressibly thirsty ' , because listening to one of the ' swell mob ' spout his principles and talk about what he believed generally produced one simple response in diggers : ' My God , I feel like ...
... Herald , he also left the diggers ' irrepressibly thirsty ' , because listening to one of the ' swell mob ' spout his principles and talk about what he believed generally produced one simple response in diggers : ' My God , I feel like ...
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... Herald , after describing the accomplishment of placing Australia in cable communication with the whole world , called the occasion a ' great event ' . Now , thanks to an agreement between the Sydney Morning Herald , the Argus and ...
... Herald , after describing the accomplishment of placing Australia in cable communication with the whole world , called the occasion a ' great event ' . Now , thanks to an agreement between the Sydney Morning Herald , the Argus and ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
Copyright | |
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