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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... mankind - that life of sympathy , devotion and self - sacrifice . As another would - be improver of mankind put it , by her sacrifices in the home , woman kept the character of men at its proper elevation . She also inspired her ...
... mankind - that life of sympathy , devotion and self - sacrifice . As another would - be improver of mankind put it , by her sacrifices in the home , woman kept the character of men at its proper elevation . She also inspired her ...
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... mankind , gaped at a group of up - country men who were in town to ' go on the bust ' but had no eye for these girls from the lower orders . Drunken sailors staggered down the street . A preacher harangued a small crowd , while little ...
... mankind , gaped at a group of up - country men who were in town to ' go on the bust ' but had no eye for these girls from the lower orders . Drunken sailors staggered down the street . A preacher harangued a small crowd , while little ...
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... mankind on such universal human questions as the effect of a harsh environment on human behaviour , why there were men with hard hearts in the world , and men like the Reverend North who lost their innocence and their self - respect ...
... mankind on such universal human questions as the effect of a harsh environment on human behaviour , why there were men with hard hearts in the world , and men like the Reverend North who lost their innocence and their self - respect ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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