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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Page 260
... Protestant ascendancy in the house went wild with excitement , threw their handkerchiefs into the air and gave three cheers for the Queen . When Parkes walked out into Macquarie Street that night , women hugged and kissed him . A few ...
... Protestant ascendancy in the house went wild with excitement , threw their handkerchiefs into the air and gave three cheers for the Queen . When Parkes walked out into Macquarie Street that night , women hugged and kissed him . A few ...
Page 273
... Protestant and national schools exhibited an amount of ignorance that disgraced a Christian country . The fruits of learning by rote were that children were able to recite all passages of the Gospel without becoming , acquainted with ...
... Protestant and national schools exhibited an amount of ignorance that disgraced a Christian country . The fruits of learning by rote were that children were able to recite all passages of the Gospel without becoming , acquainted with ...
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... Protestant and the Catholic , which had characterized Australians as ' a factious and senseless rabble ' . He was still as divided as ever . One moment he was telling his Catholic friend , Charles Gavan Duffy , ' I fervently pray to God ...
... Protestant and the Catholic , which had characterized Australians as ' a factious and senseless rabble ' . He was still as divided as ever . One moment he was telling his Catholic friend , Charles Gavan Duffy , ' I fervently pray to God ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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