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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So the English began their ceremonies in Australia , though , apart from Cook's
own words and the diaries of his companions , the sole memorial of their coming
lived on in the minds of the aborigines , who weaved into the songs in which they
...
So the English began their ceremonies in Australia , though , apart from Cook's
own words and the diaries of his companions , the sole memorial of their coming
lived on in the minds of the aborigines , who weaved into the songs in which they
...
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The Scots criminal law differed from the English , however , in two ways .
Sentences , in the main for three , five or ten years , were milder , the judges
being given discretionary power to modify the sentence according to the youth ,
the condition ...
The Scots criminal law differed from the English , however , in two ways .
Sentences , in the main for three , five or ten years , were milder , the judges
being given discretionary power to modify the sentence according to the youth ,
the condition ...
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Elliott , B .: James Hardy Vaux . A Literary Rogue in Australia . Adelaide , 1944 .
Ferguson , J. A. , Foster , A. G. and Green , H. M .: The Howes and their Press .
Sydney , 1936 . Froude , J. A .: The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century .
Elliott , B .: James Hardy Vaux . A Literary Rogue in Australia . Adelaide , 1944 .
Ferguson , J. A. , Foster , A. G. and Green , H. M .: The Howes and their Press .
Sydney , 1936 . Froude , J. A .: The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century .
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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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