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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18 Yet that July one man at long last acquired the wisdom and the grace to turn from such wickedness and live . That was the Reverend Samuel Marsden . He was happy to say he had lived in great peace and quietness since General Darling's ...
18 Yet that July one man at long last acquired the wisdom and the grace to turn from such wickedness and live . That was the Reverend Samuel Marsden . He was happy to say he had lived in great peace and quietness since General Darling's ...
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58 By July of 1828 he had been happy to report that only a few convict clerks remained in government service . By the end of 1830 the government offices in New South Wales had been denuded of those men who were purging their crimes by ...
58 By July of 1828 he had been happy to report that only a few convict clerks remained in government service . By the end of 1830 the government offices in New South Wales had been denuded of those men who were purging their crimes by ...
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He had been refused a jury of his peers and he would be tried by no other tribunal.17 Within an hour of announcing this decision on 1 July 123 of his friends and supporters , including Gellibrand , Horne , Kemp , Glover and Melville ...
He had been refused a jury of his peers and he would be tried by no other tribunal.17 Within an hour of announcing this decision on 1 July 123 of his friends and supporters , including Gellibrand , Horne , Kemp , Glover and Melville ...
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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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