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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The status of women would be changed by a change in the ownership of these .
31 Men in general affected to be uneasy at the prospect of such a change in the
status of women . They wanted women as they were ; they wanted women as ...
The status of women would be changed by a change in the ownership of these .
31 Men in general affected to be uneasy at the prospect of such a change in the
status of women . They wanted women as they were ; they wanted women as ...
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maltreat women ' . In February 1871 the doctor had hopes of persuading the
council of the University of Melbourne to allow Miss Creed and Miss Bogle to sign
the matriculation roll . Miss Bogle was the daughter of a woman at Sandhurst in ...
maltreat women ' . In February 1871 the doctor had hopes of persuading the
council of the University of Melbourne to allow Miss Creed and Miss Bogle to sign
the matriculation roll . Miss Bogle was the daughter of a woman at Sandhurst in ...
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53 Women had more success in gaining admission to the professions than to
membership of the skilled unions . The members of professions which subscribed
to Sir William Stawell ' s dictum that ' there must be an aristocracy of some kind in
...
53 Women had more success in gaining admission to the professions than to
membership of the skilled unions . The members of professions which subscribed
to Sir William Stawell ' s dictum that ' there must be an aristocracy of some kind in
...
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PROLOGUE | 1 |
THE POSSESSED | 5 |
ONE STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 25 |
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