A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888This 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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On 15 December 1852 the secretary of state for the colonies informed the
governor of New South Wales , the lieutenant - governors of Victoria and Van
Diemen ' s Land , and the governor of South Australia that ' considerations arising
from ...
On 15 December 1852 the secretary of state for the colonies informed the
governor of New South Wales , the lieutenant - governors of Victoria and Van
Diemen ' s Land , and the governor of South Australia that ' considerations arising
from ...
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the only solution to their desperate need for cheap labour lay in separation from
New South Wales , and the creation of a new colony or colonies . A meeting of
squatters at Drayton on the Darling Downs on 23 July 1850 prepared a petition to
...
the only solution to their desperate need for cheap labour lay in separation from
New South Wales , and the creation of a new colony or colonies . A meeting of
squatters at Drayton on the Darling Downs on 23 July 1850 prepared a petition to
...
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between the representation of interests and the representation of people which
already reigned in all the southern colonies was also introduced into Queensland
. This was also the characteristic of the electoral franchise , the governor having ...
between the representation of interests and the representation of people which
already reigned in all the southern colonies was also introduced into Queensland
. This was also the characteristic of the electoral franchise , the governor having ...
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PROLOGUE | 1 |
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
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| Title | A History of Australia: The earth abideth for ever, 1851-1888 Volume 4 of A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 Volume 4 of Dummy reekstitel |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0522841473, 9780522841473 |
| Length | 427 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Australia & New Zealand |
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