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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So Ring , after being appropriately flogged , was assigned as a servant to the Reverend Samuel Marsden where , on weekdays , he worked in the garden , and on Sundays he sang in the choir those hymns about love divine , all loves ...
So Ring , after being appropriately flogged , was assigned as a servant to the Reverend Samuel Marsden where , on weekdays , he worked in the garden , and on Sundays he sang in the choir those hymns about love divine , all loves ...
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The aborigines began to despair : ' Black man die fast since white man came ' , one of them told the Reverend Mr Mansfield at the end of 1821 : ' Old black men nigh all gone . Soon no blackman , all whitemen ' . The Reverend Mr Walker ...
The aborigines began to despair : ' Black man die fast since white man came ' , one of them told the Reverend Mr Mansfield at the end of 1821 : ' Old black men nigh all gone . Soon no blackman , all whitemen ' . The Reverend Mr Walker ...
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At Castlereagh the gentle Reverend Henry Fulton , who had been transported for his part in the Irish rebellion of 1798 , and swept briefly into a moment of prominence during the mutiny against Bligh in 1808 , was grieved to find that ...
At Castlereagh the gentle Reverend Henry Fulton , who had been transported for his part in the Irish rebellion of 1798 , and swept briefly into a moment of prominence during the mutiny against Bligh in 1808 , was grieved to find 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 |
Copyright | |
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