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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Mudie had arrived in Sydney in July of 1822 to take up a grant of 2,500 acres at Patrick's Plains on land on which he conferred the name of Castle Forbes in honour of Sir Charles Forbes . There from November 1822 to November 1832 he had ...
Mudie had arrived in Sydney in July of 1822 to take up a grant of 2,500 acres at Patrick's Plains on land on which he conferred the name of Castle Forbes in honour of Sir Charles Forbes . There from November 1822 to November 1832 he had ...
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At the sitting of the Supreme Court on 6 November the Attorney - General , Alfred Stephen , announced he wished to call the attention of the judges to certain observations in the Colonial Times of 3 November which , he said , reflected ...
At the sitting of the Supreme Court on 6 November the Attorney - General , Alfred Stephen , announced he wished to call the attention of the judges to certain observations in the Colonial Times of 3 November which , he said , reflected ...
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Despite uphill work he was happy to say by November the Secretary of State had expressed himself fully and perfectly satisfied upon every subject . As an outward and visible sign of his achievement a grateful government conferred on him ...
Despite uphill work he was happy to say by November the Secretary of State had expressed himself fully and perfectly satisfied upon every subject . As an outward and visible sign of his achievement a grateful government conferred on him ...
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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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