A History of Australia: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1838The late Manning Clark aims to bring to attention the foibles and strengths in every person, traits forced to the fore in the hardship and trauma that occured during the establishment and develpment of white settlement in Australia. Clark sets out to use the tragedies and successes of national heroes such as explorerers and generals, and those of the average person such as soldiers at Gallipoli and farmer's wives, to create a memorable tableau. |
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Broughton had gone over to Strathfieldsaye , the seat of the Duke , and prayed with him in that chapel designed to extol the Roman virtues of discipline , courage and endurance rather than glorify God , and told the Duke he believed it ...
Broughton had gone over to Strathfieldsaye , the seat of the Duke , and prayed with him in that chapel designed to extol the Roman virtues of discipline , courage and endurance rather than glorify God , and told the Duke he believed it ...
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Believing that revealed religion should form the basis of education , Broughton immediately drew up a scheme for training up the rising generation and all succeeding generations in the colony for ever in the faith of Jesus Christ ...
Believing that revealed religion should form the basis of education , Broughton immediately drew up a scheme for training up the rising generation and all succeeding generations in the colony for ever in the faith of Jesus Christ ...
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By 25 July he was writing to Glenelg in London that Broughton's opposition afforded additional reasons against placing that prelate in any of the colonial councils.73 By early August he had come to the melancholy conclusion that ...
By 25 July he was writing to Glenelg in London that Broughton's opposition afforded additional reasons against placing that prelate in any of the colonial councils.73 By early August he had come to the melancholy conclusion that ...
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Contents
THE SETTING IN NEW SOUTH WALES | 17 |
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE SON | 41 |
THE NATIVE SON OFFENDS GROSSLY | 61 |
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