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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Page 167
... selection.5 The war between classes was fought also in the various land offices throughout the colony . When the Land Office was opened in Yass early in January 1862 to receive applications for selections , hundreds thronged around the ...
... selection.5 The war between classes was fought also in the various land offices throughout the colony . When the Land Office was opened in Yass early in January 1862 to receive applications for selections , hundreds thronged around the ...
Page 168
... selection . When areas around Echuca were declared open for selection in October 1863 , again strange faces were to be seen in the streets . In the bars men with doubtful faces from Melbourne rubbed shoulders with overlanders and ...
... selection . When areas around Echuca were declared open for selection in October 1863 , again strange faces were to be seen in the streets . In the bars men with doubtful faces from Melbourne rubbed shoulders with overlanders and ...
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... selection was introduced in South Australia , was passed by the South Aus- tralian parliament to prevent abuses in the auction room rather than to begin a major change in rural society . It was designed to help a class already in ...
... selection was introduced in South Australia , was passed by the South Aus- tralian parliament to prevent abuses in the auction room rather than to begin a major change in rural society . It was designed to help a class already in ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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