A History of Australia: From the earliest times to the age of MacquarieThe 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 development of white settlement in Australia. Clark uses the tragedies and successes of national heroes such as explorers and generals, and those of the average person such as soldiers at Gallipoli and farmers' wives, to create a memorable tableau. |
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He plumped first for Sting - ray's Harbour , Botanist Harbour , and Botanist Bay ,
before finally choosing Botany Bay on Sunday , 6 May.32 On 29 April , just after
one of the aborigines threw a stone at the small boat as a mark of their resolution
...
He plumped first for Sting - ray's Harbour , Botanist Harbour , and Botanist Bay ,
before finally choosing Botany Bay on Sunday , 6 May.32 On 29 April , just after
one of the aborigines threw a stone at the small boat as a mark of their resolution
...
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... the Botany Bay experiment , then contemplated a grander vision of Botany Bay
as a settlement which would enhance ... his belief that at Botany Bay the
perfection of the present race of men appeared destined to be consummated.51
So at ...
... the Botany Bay experiment , then contemplated a grander vision of Botany Bay
as a settlement which would enhance ... his belief that at Botany Bay the
perfection of the present race of men appeared destined to be consummated.51
So at ...
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62 Others petitioned friends in high places to hear their sighs and groans . They
53 W. Sotheby : ' On the Ships sailing for Botany Bay , in his A Tour Through
Parts of Wales , Sonnets , Odes , and Other Poems ( London , 1794 ) ,
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62 Others petitioned friends in high places to hear their sighs and groans . They
53 W. Sotheby : ' On the Ships sailing for Botany Bay , in his A Tour Through
Parts of Wales , Sonnets , Odes , and Other Poems ( London , 1794 ) ,
reproduced in ...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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