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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... district with armed bands calling on shearers to drop their blades , kidnapping any opponents and the faint of heart . They threatened free workers with a bullet in the backside if they did not clear the district by sundown . They ...
... district with armed bands calling on shearers to drop their blades , kidnapping any opponents and the faint of heart . They threatened free workers with a bullet in the backside if they did not clear the district by sundown . They ...
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... district wanted the land for farms . They also wanted the half - castes dispersed so that they might be hired as cheap labour by the settlers in the district . In 1886 the Victorian parliament passed an Act which declared that only full ...
... district wanted the land for farms . They also wanted the half - castes dispersed so that they might be hired as cheap labour by the settlers in the district . In 1886 the Victorian parliament passed an Act which declared that only full ...
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... district of the great white - nigger uproar and box - on , employers were not obliged to pay wages to their black indentured servants , that in bringing back black workers to stand trial for absconding unlawfully from their employers ...
... district of the great white - nigger uproar and box - on , employers were not obliged to pay wages to their black indentured servants , that in bringing back black workers to stand trial for absconding unlawfully from their employers ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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