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 64
... called three cheers for the good old Union Jack and asked them to remember that they were pledged to what he called ' necessary reform , not revolution ' . William Dexter , waving the diggers ' flag , roared to them about the evils of ...
... called three cheers for the good old Union Jack and asked them to remember that they were pledged to what he called ' necessary reform , not revolution ' . William Dexter , waving the diggers ' flag , roared to them about the evils of ...
Page 87
... called ' Austral sons of British sires ' . They belonged both to the land of their adoption and the home of their ancestors . That was their complex fate.5 Their schools also wore the scars of their past . The bourgeoisie professed a ...
... called ' Austral sons of British sires ' . They belonged both to the land of their adoption and the home of their ancestors . That was their complex fate.5 Their schools also wore the scars of their past . The bourgeoisie professed a ...
Page 294
... called a ' drama of pain ' into at least the possibility of more pleasure in this world . The corresponding reduction in human suffering weakened mankind's need for and dependence on a ' Com- forter ' , or any promise of compensation in ...
... called a ' drama of pain ' into at least the possibility of more pleasure in this world . The corresponding reduction in human suffering weakened mankind's need for and dependence on a ' Com- forter ' , or any promise of compensation in ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
Copyright | |
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