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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... Legislative Council of Victoria that in all future elections to the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council the elector should cross out on a ballot - paper the names of the candidates for whom he did not intend to vote ...
... Legislative Council of Victoria that in all future elections to the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council the elector should cross out on a ballot - paper the names of the candidates for whom he did not intend to vote ...
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... Legislative Council . They sensed that a rigid application of the democratic principle of one man one vote might not ... Legislative Councils of New South Wales , Victoria , Tasmania and South Australia to render harmless any attempt to ...
... Legislative Council . They sensed that a rigid application of the democratic principle of one man one vote might not ... Legislative Councils of New South Wales , Victoria , Tasmania and South Australia to render harmless any attempt to ...
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... Legislative Council expired , it being prescribed in the Constitution Act of 1856 that they should hold their seats for five years . This meant that the governor with the advice of the executive council now had to nominate at least ...
... Legislative Council expired , it being prescribed in the Constitution Act of 1856 that they should hold their seats for five years . This meant that the governor with the advice of the executive council now had to nominate at least ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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