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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a commissioner of Crown lands and to carry out the regulations for the issue of
licences to dig for and search for gold . " On 3 June John Hardy , supported by
ten armed men , set up his tent at Ophir where human greed had converted a ...
a commissioner of Crown lands and to carry out the regulations for the issue of
licences to dig for and search for gold . " On 3 June John Hardy , supported by
ten armed men , set up his tent at Ophir where human greed had converted a ...
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They tucked in a warning to the wanton and the greedy about the dangers of
being infected by gold - fever . ... of the morals of Melburnians were relieved to
note that the mind ' s eye of the public was now ' less dazzled by the golden glare
' .
They tucked in a warning to the wanton and the greedy about the dangers of
being infected by gold - fever . ... of the morals of Melburnians were relieved to
note that the mind ' s eye of the public was now ' less dazzled by the golden glare
' .
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Freedom and Independence for the Golden Lands of Australia ( J . Lang ) , 85 - 6
' Freedom on the Wallaby ' ( H . Lawson ) ... 19 Gold Diggers Advocate (
newspaper ) , 70 Gold Diggers ' Union , 65 gold - fields administration :
commissioners ...
Freedom and Independence for the Golden Lands of Australia ( J . Lang ) , 85 - 6
' Freedom on the Wallaby ' ( H . Lawson ) ... 19 Gold Diggers Advocate (
newspaper ) , 70 Gold Diggers ' Union , 65 gold - fields administration :
commissioners ...
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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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