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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 84
Page 58
... hand in Melbourne spending their money in the most riotous manner , their rough , horny hands bedecked with rings , their be- haviour characterized by every vice that can degrade the human race.26 By the end of 1853 a retribution for ...
... hand in Melbourne spending their money in the most riotous manner , their rough , horny hands bedecked with rings , their be- haviour characterized by every vice that can degrade the human race.26 By the end of 1853 a retribution for ...
Page 76
... hand and asked him to make sure that if foreigners could not provide themselves with fire - arms , they would attach pieces of steel with a sharp point to a pike with which to pierce the tyrants ' hearts . Over at the camp the officer ...
... hand and asked him to make sure that if foreigners could not provide themselves with fire - arms , they would attach pieces of steel with a sharp point to a pike with which to pierce the tyrants ' hearts . Over at the camp the officer ...
Page 175
... hands , till Mother laid her hand upon his shoulder and asked him what the matter was . Then he drew the storekeeper's bill from his pocket , and handed it to her , and she too sat down and gazed into the fire . The Lands Department ...
... hands , till Mother laid her hand upon his shoulder and asked him what the matter was . Then he drew the storekeeper's bill from his pocket , and handed it to her , and she too sat down and gazed into the fire . The Lands Department ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
Copyright | |
11 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
aborigines Adelaide Argus asked August Australia became become began believed British Burke bush called Catholic Charles Chinese Christian Church civilization Clarke colonies convict death December diggers district earth England English eyes face father February fields gave give gold gold-fields hand heart Henry hope human January John July June labour land Lawson Legislative Council Letters living London looked March Marcus Clarke material meeting Melbourne mind moral nature never night November October once Parkes passed police political progress Protestant question round schools selection September society South Wales squatters streets Sydney things thousand told took town turned Victoria wanted Wentworth wild woman women young