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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Or so he mused in May of 1825 after the correspondence with Wentworth.39 Perhaps he had forgotten , for memory no longer held the door wide open for him on his own past , that just over twelve months earlier he had written a letter to ...
Or so he mused in May of 1825 after the correspondence with Wentworth.39 Perhaps he had forgotten , for memory no longer held the door wide open for him on his own past , that just over twelve months earlier he had written a letter to ...
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When Ann Dumaresq heard the news that her beloved Eliza was coming back to her , she wept over the letter , and sobbed again as she ran up the street in Cheltenham to tell the news to her daughter Marianne . She was not to know then nor ...
When Ann Dumaresq heard the news that her beloved Eliza was coming back to her , she wept over the letter , and sobbed again as she ran up the street in Cheltenham to tell the news to her daughter Marianne . She was not to know then nor ...
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... 331 Leon , Bridget , 195 Lethbridge , Charles , 182 Letter , in Vindication of the Principles of the Reformation , 192 Letter to the Right Honorable Lord Viscount Glenelg , 195 Letter to the Right Honourable Viscount Sid . mouth ...
... 331 Leon , Bridget , 195 Lethbridge , Charles , 182 Letter , in Vindication of the Principles of the Reformation , 192 Letter to the Right Honorable Lord Viscount Glenelg , 195 Letter to the Right Honourable Viscount Sid . mouth ...
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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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