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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He had been quite shocked when he received the melancholy intelligence of the
death of James Macarthur in the summer of 1867 . ' Poor fellow ' , he wrote in his
letter of condolence to James ' s brother William , “ I little thought when I last ...
He had been quite shocked when he received the melancholy intelligence of the
death of James Macarthur in the summer of 1867 . ' Poor fellow ' , he wrote in his
letter of condolence to James ' s brother William , “ I little thought when I last ...
Page 361
The penalty for being drunk was first a fine , then the ' sock ' , and finally the death
penalty , the death sentence itself often being executed in some wild brawl .
Chastity was also demanded of all members of the push , infidelity , promiscuity
and ...
The penalty for being drunk was first a fine , then the ' sock ' , and finally the death
penalty , the death sentence itself often being executed in some wild brawl .
Chastity was also demanded of all members of the push , infidelity , promiscuity
and ...
Page 371
The same day he described in his journal a scene in New York in 1847 when the
members of a family to their astonishment and delight found that a spirit , one of
their loved ones who had crossed the narrow stream of death was able both to ...
The same day he described in his journal a scene in New York in 1847 when the
members of a family to their astonishment and delight found that a spirit , one of
their loved ones who had crossed the narrow stream of death was able both to ...
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PROLOGUE | 1 |
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 25 |
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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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