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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... June Mr Burke and King set out to search for the blacks as their last hope of survival . Wills , his legs and arms nearly skin and bone , was too weak to follow them . In the presence of death he grew in stature . ' I can only look out ...
... June Mr Burke and King set out to search for the blacks as their last hope of survival . Wills , his legs and arms nearly skin and bone , was too weak to follow them . In the presence of death he grew in stature . ' I can only look out ...
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... June 1872 , a fault developed in the line between Port Darwin and Banjuwangi which was not finally repaired until 27 ... June 1872 ; W. Harcus , South Australia ( London , 1876 ) , pp . 148-204 ; Empire , 25 June , 16 November 1872 ...
... June 1872 , a fault developed in the line between Port Darwin and Banjuwangi which was not finally repaired until 27 ... June 1872 ; W. Harcus , South Australia ( London , 1876 ) , pp . 148-204 ; Empire , 25 June , 16 November 1872 ...
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... June 1880 the details of such a plan of revenge and violent retribution had eluded him.23 The news of Aaron Sherritt's treachery stirred him to action . Sometime in the autumn of 1880 Joe Byrne learnt that the man he had loved in the ...
... June 1880 the details of such a plan of revenge and violent retribution had eluded him.23 The news of Aaron Sherritt's treachery stirred him to action . Sometime in the autumn of 1880 Joe Byrne learnt that the man he had loved in the ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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