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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88 The Sydney Gazette perceived with what it called no trilling feelings of gratification that literature was making her chaste advances to enrich and dignify the mind — but what pleased them most of all was that for Anniversary Day in ...
88 The Sydney Gazette perceived with what it called no trilling feelings of gratification that literature was making her chaste advances to enrich and dignify the mind — but what pleased them most of all was that for Anniversary Day in ...
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Hiss again ' , he called out at the top of his voice , and the hisses became deafening . Over the uproar and the clamour Wentworth shouted that appeals to private benevolence were a mere mockery of charity . The chairman then rose and ...
Hiss again ' , he called out at the top of his voice , and the hisses became deafening . Over the uproar and the clamour Wentworth shouted that appeals to private benevolence were a mere mockery of charity . The chairman then rose and ...
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Henry Jellicoe , loyal to the end to the Colonel , rather rashly mingled in the crowd wearing a placard in which he called Gregson a liar , bully , and dastardly coward — a demonstration which provoked Gregson to thrash Henry Jellicoe ...
Henry Jellicoe , loyal to the end to the Colonel , rather rashly mingled in the crowd wearing a placard in which he called Gregson a liar , bully , and dastardly coward — a demonstration which provoked Gregson to thrash Henry Jellicoe ...
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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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