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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... aborigines at Parramatta . With the tables groaning with grog and mutton , the aborigines performed their dances , and the children from the mission school displayed their pro- gress in reading and writing . In the towns the aborigines ...
... aborigines at Parramatta . With the tables groaning with grog and mutton , the aborigines performed their dances , and the children from the mission school displayed their pro- gress in reading and writing . In the towns the aborigines ...
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... aborigines with forbearance and com- passion . As he heard more and more accounts of the dreadful outrages com- mitted by the aborigines , he began to wonder whether they were not prone by nature to enmity against the Europeans . When ...
... aborigines with forbearance and com- passion . As he heard more and more accounts of the dreadful outrages com- mitted by the aborigines , he began to wonder whether they were not prone by nature to enmity against the Europeans . When ...
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... aborigines on Bruny Island . Robinson , like Arthur , was devoutly religious . A builder by trade , he had been born in the year those aborigines at Port Jackson had brandished their spears and set up their horrid howl as the ships of ...
... aborigines on Bruny Island . Robinson , like Arthur , was devoutly religious . A builder by trade , he had been born in the year those aborigines at Port Jackson had brandished their spears and set up their horrid howl as the ships of ...
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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