A History of Australia: The people make laws, 1888-1915The 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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... King O'Malley was a mountebank from North America , a one - time addict to the stagger juice , but now one of its most spectacular enemies , a picturesque man who mouthed the platitudes of American populism , a self - appointed spokes ...
... King O'Malley was a mountebank from North America , a one - time addict to the stagger juice , but now one of its most spectacular enemies , a picturesque man who mouthed the platitudes of American populism , a self - appointed spokes ...
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... King O'Malley declared there was no scientific evidence that the Aborigine was a human being at all . Edward Braddon remarked that if anything tended to make the concession of female suffrage worse it would be the giving of it to any of ...
... King O'Malley declared there was no scientific evidence that the Aborigine was a human being at all . Edward Braddon remarked that if anything tended to make the concession of female suffrage worse it would be the giving of it to any of ...
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... King O'Malley in a Whitmanesque man - of - the people outfit of soft hat and sack suit , which was part of his democratic manner . King O'Malley handed Lady Denman a small silver case . She opened the box and said in a clear , distinct ...
... King O'Malley in a Whitmanesque man - of - the people outfit of soft hat and sack suit , which was part of his democratic manner . King O'Malley handed Lady Denman a small silver case . She opened the box and said in a clear , distinct ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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