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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... September , at Richmond rows be- tween the rival factions broke out at the polling booths , heads were broken , standards torn down , as drunken voters reeled round under the influence of the free drinks , and brass bands whipped up the ...
... September , at Richmond rows be- tween the rival factions broke out at the polling booths , heads were broken , standards torn down , as drunken voters reeled round under the influence of the free drinks , and brass bands whipped up the ...
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... September 1866 a mob of two to three thousand assembled round two or three Israelites or ' beardies ' who were preaching about the sufferings of the Jews . The mob began to push and squeeze the Israelites until they fled from the park ...
... September 1866 a mob of two to three thousand assembled round two or three Israelites or ' beardies ' who were preaching about the sufferings of the Jews . The mob began to push and squeeze the Israelites until they fled from the park ...
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... September 1883 he found specimens of silver and lead . Rasp formed a syndicate of seven , the other six all being employees on the Mount Gipps Station . In June 1885 they formed themselves into the Broken Hill Proprietary Company ...
... September 1883 he found specimens of silver and lead . Rasp formed a syndicate of seven , the other six all being employees on the Mount Gipps Station . In June 1885 they formed themselves into the Broken Hill Proprietary Company ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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