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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... colony , if one may judge by contemporary opinion , he was by then on the crest of the wave of success . Perhaps his reputation in England was even higher than in the colony . In England , a few were attacking New South Wales as the ...
... colony , if one may judge by contemporary opinion , he was by then on the crest of the wave of success . Perhaps his reputation in England was even higher than in the colony . In England , a few were attacking New South Wales as the ...
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... colony was passing to other hands , while Macquarie's dark thoughts were encouraged by the an- nouncement that a commissioner had been appointed to inquire into the con- ditions of the colony of New South Wales . In January of 1819 ...
... colony was passing to other hands , while Macquarie's dark thoughts were encouraged by the an- nouncement that a commissioner had been appointed to inquire into the con- ditions of the colony of New South Wales . In January of 1819 ...
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... colony , who began to discuss New South Wales as a good capital investment because of the cheap land and the cheap convict labour.50 At the same time the feuds and brawls in the colony drifted over the seas to be metamorphosed into ...
... colony , who began to discuss New South Wales as a good capital investment because of the cheap land and the cheap convict labour.50 At the same time the feuds and brawls in the colony drifted over the seas to be metamorphosed into ...
Contents
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
THE BEGINNING OF SYDNEY COVE | 73 |
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