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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... digger democracy on the Kalgoorlie - Boulder field . The grievances of the diggers at Kalgoorlie bore some resemblance to the grievances of their illus- trious predecessors at Eureka . Like them the alluvial diggers at Kalgoorlie and on ...
... digger democracy on the Kalgoorlie - Boulder field . The grievances of the diggers at Kalgoorlie bore some resemblance to the grievances of their illus- trious predecessors at Eureka . Like them the alluvial diggers at Kalgoorlie and on ...
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... diggers on the Murchison at Southern Cross and Coolgardie had already raised the cry : ' The Asiatic must go ! ' Some diggers were not happy about driving the Aborigines off the fields into deserts where their chances of survival were ...
... diggers on the Murchison at Southern Cross and Coolgardie had already raised the cry : ' The Asiatic must go ! ' Some diggers were not happy about driving the Aborigines off the fields into deserts where their chances of survival were ...
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... diggers from pegging claims on their leases . Believing such a restriction would threaten their already precarious incomes the alluvial diggers summoned a meeting in Kalgoorlie for Sunday 26 December 1897 to discuss their grievances ...
... diggers from pegging claims on their leases . Believing such a restriction would threaten their already precarious incomes the alluvial diggers summoned a meeting in Kalgoorlie for Sunday 26 December 1897 to discuss their grievances ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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