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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... called upon to intercede for them . So they sailed west , with the crew becoming restless , as the days passed without a trace of the islands of gold , for they shared the greed , but not the vision of the men in high places . They ...
... called upon to intercede for them . So they sailed west , with the crew becoming restless , as the days passed without a trace of the islands of gold , for they shared the greed , but not the vision of the men in high places . They ...
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... called Nova Guinea which , the Dutch had been told , afforded great store of gold . They called at the islands of Key and Arou , then sailed along two hundred and twenty odd miles of the undiscovered south coast of New Guinea till they ...
... called Nova Guinea which , the Dutch had been told , afforded great store of gold . They called at the islands of Key and Arou , then sailed along two hundred and twenty odd miles of the undiscovered south coast of New Guinea till they ...
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... called on him as Lieutenant - Colonel of His Majesty's New South Wales Corps , and Lieutenant - Governor of the territory , to use his utmost endeavours to suppress this mutiny of the Corps he commanded.72 Sickness , wrote Paterson to ...
... called on him as Lieutenant - Colonel of His Majesty's New South Wales Corps , and Lieutenant - Governor of the territory , to use his utmost endeavours to suppress this mutiny of the Corps he commanded.72 Sickness , wrote Paterson to ...
Contents
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
THE BEGINNING OF SYDNEY COVE | 73 |
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