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 196
... wild land ' . Some people in Perth warned Forrest that he was on ' a wild goose chase ' , but Forrest swept such pessimism aside . He had his own reputation to make : he had to show those armchair critics in Perth that he was not too ...
... wild land ' . Some people in Perth warned Forrest that he was on ' a wild goose chase ' , but Forrest swept such pessimism aside . He had his own reputation to make : he had to show those armchair critics in Perth that he was not too ...
Page 207
... wild berries and anything else that was edible . The men of property referred to him as ' the incarnate devil ' . The ex - convict stockmen and shepherds of that wild country around Tumbarumba , Corry- ong , Beechworth and Holbrook ...
... wild berries and anything else that was edible . The men of property referred to him as ' the incarnate devil ' . The ex - convict stockmen and shepherds of that wild country around Tumbarumba , Corry- ong , Beechworth and Holbrook ...
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... wild youth in England he was exiled by his parents for an offence he had probably not committed . His parents had accused him of staining his pedigree and belying his blood as a Gordon . From that time he became the man with wild eyes and ...
... wild youth in England he was exiled by his parents for an offence he had probably not committed . His parents had accused him of staining his pedigree and belying his blood as a Gordon . From that time he became the man with wild eyes and ...
Contents
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE MAN | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT TO BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
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