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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... human beings convicted of so cold - blooded a murder , passed the awful sentence of death upon them . The question was how to prevent those with hearts of men acquiring the hearts of beasts and so converting a land of great beauty into ...
... human beings convicted of so cold - blooded a murder , passed the awful sentence of death upon them . The question was how to prevent those with hearts of men acquiring the hearts of beasts and so converting a land of great beauty into ...
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... human depravity , or the hardness of men's hearts . This was a fair example of human baseness in a convict - dominated society.17 Of the 36,598 white persons living in the colony of New South Wales when the first census of the ...
... human depravity , or the hardness of men's hearts . This was a fair example of human baseness in a convict - dominated society.17 Of the 36,598 white persons living in the colony of New South Wales when the first census of the ...
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... human activities which brought lads and lasses to- gether : they loved all gay and lively intercourse . Not for them the black looks , the pursed lips , the tut - tuts of the parsons and the Sydney Gazette when they surveyed the human ...
... human activities which brought lads and lasses to- gether : they loved all gay and lively intercourse . Not for them the black looks , the pursed lips , the tut - tuts of the parsons and the Sydney Gazette when they surveyed the human ...
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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