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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Page 115
Ever since the British government had offered advice and encouragement to settlers to proceed to Van Diemen's Land , a steady stream had arrived in Hobart Town , and had taken up land in the Derwent valley area , or the Longford ...
Ever since the British government had offered advice and encouragement to settlers to proceed to Van Diemen's Land , a steady stream had arrived in Hobart Town , and had taken up land in the Derwent valley area , or the Longford ...
Page 260
As for migrant labour , the settlers feared the colony would be saturated with a class of persons worse than convicts , because they would be far less under control . Government , they believed , had been seduced by the example of ...
As for migrant labour , the settlers feared the colony would be saturated with a class of persons worse than convicts , because they would be far less under control . Government , they believed , had been seduced by the example of ...
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They were told it was true that if the whole of the convict population were taken away , then their imports would be diminished and the ostentatious luxuriance of the settlers would be checked . The settler would have to employ his sons ...
They were told it was true that if the whole of the convict population were taken away , then their imports would be diminished and the ostentatious luxuriance of the settlers would be checked . The settler would have to employ his sons ...
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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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