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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... Wentworth that he would not be ' cock of the walk ' in London . Parkes sneered at Wentworth's hope of receiving a baronetcy and the gover- norship of New South Wales as the reward for all his public services and his achievements as ...
... Wentworth that he would not be ' cock of the walk ' in London . Parkes sneered at Wentworth's hope of receiving a baronetcy and the gover- norship of New South Wales as the reward for all his public services and his achievements as ...
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... Wentworth was afraid the world in which he could fulfil his dream of Australia as a country for English country gentlemen was about to be shattered . Gentlemen in Australia , he feared , were ' like the last roses of summer ' . Manhood ...
... Wentworth was afraid the world in which he could fulfil his dream of Australia as a country for English country gentlemen was about to be shattered . Gentlemen in Australia , he feared , were ' like the last roses of summer ' . Manhood ...
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... Wentworth himself put the question , Land of my birth ! Dear Australasia , can I e'er forget Thee , Mother Earth ? 38 For Wentworth things had not been lastly as firstly well . He had been quite shocked when he received the melancholy ...
... Wentworth himself put the question , Land of my birth ! Dear Australasia , can I e'er forget Thee , Mother Earth ? 38 For Wentworth things had not been lastly as firstly well . He had been quite shocked when he received the melancholy ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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