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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... lands be thrown open to settlement . On 29 January Terence Aubrey Murray presented a petition , praying the Assembly to take the land question into its immediate consideration . Other members also prayed for the immediate settlement of the ...
... lands be thrown open to settlement . On 29 January Terence Aubrey Murray presented a petition , praying the Assembly to take the land question into its immediate consideration . Other members also prayed for the immediate settlement of the ...
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... land the most noteworthy matter that came to light was ' the class contest for the land ' which covered most of those colonies . In this class contest the selectors were sandwiched between Capital and Labour . This cut across the ...
... land the most noteworthy matter that came to light was ' the class contest for the land ' which covered most of those colonies . In this class contest the selectors were sandwiched between Capital and Labour . This cut across the ...
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... Land League ( Vic . ) , 140 land question : land hunger , 110-12 ; land legislation , 122 , 140-2 , 165-7 , 170 , 174 , 181 , 201 , 203 , 208 , 340 ; land policy , 122-4 , 138-43 , 167-9 , 174 , 181 , 245-6 , 265 ; land prices , 140 ...
... Land League ( Vic . ) , 140 land question : land hunger , 110-12 ; land legislation , 122 , 140-2 , 165-7 , 170 , 174 , 181 , 201 , 203 , 208 , 340 ; land policy , 122-4 , 138-43 , 167-9 , 174 , 181 , 245-6 , 265 ; land prices , 140 ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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