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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The other , ' Ironbark ' Lawson , had distinguished himself by his silence.11 Wentworth alone had an eye for the majesty of the occasion . For him it was like one of those moments when a meteor shoots athwart the night , The boundless ...
The other , ' Ironbark ' Lawson , had distinguished himself by his silence.11 Wentworth alone had an eye for the majesty of the occasion . For him it was like one of those moments when a meteor shoots athwart the night , The boundless ...
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It was also a Wentworth who had a vision of what Australia might become once it was freed from the oppressor and the ' convicts ' clanking chains ' . He had a vision of men living in the colony as though they were in Arcady , of gay ...
It was also a Wentworth who had a vision of what Australia might become once it was freed from the oppressor and the ' convicts ' clanking chains ' . He had a vision of men living in the colony as though they were in Arcady , of gay ...
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Wentworth , unlike Hamlet , that other man driven to avenge evil done to his father and himself , wanted darker satisfaction than just the changing of a paragraph in a report to the House of Commons . In collaboration with Edward Eagar ...
Wentworth , unlike Hamlet , that other man driven to avenge evil done to his father and himself , wanted darker satisfaction than just the changing of a paragraph in a report to the House of Commons . In collaboration with Edward Eagar ...
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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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| Title | A History of Australia: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1838 Volume 2 of A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Authors | Charles Manning Hope Clark, Manning Clark |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2011 |
| ISBN | 0522838219, 9780522838213 |
| Length | 364 pages |
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