A Documentary History of Australia: Colonial Australia, 1875-1900Nelson, 1980 - Australia |
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Page 96
... English civilization , English institutions , English social life , dominant and predominant in Australia . If they come to us in great numbers while these are in their formative stage , it will be with results most unhappy to our ...
... English civilization , English institutions , English social life , dominant and predominant in Australia . If they come to us in great numbers while these are in their formative stage , it will be with results most unhappy to our ...
Page 168
... English character of society in Melbourne and Sydney , and the absence of a specifically Australian accent , ' pure English ' being spoken everywhere . He remarked : " They do not raise the voice at the end of a sentence , as the ...
... English character of society in Melbourne and Sydney , and the absence of a specifically Australian accent , ' pure English ' being spoken everywhere . He remarked : " They do not raise the voice at the end of a sentence , as the ...
Page 202
... English middle- class as far behind in intellect and knowledge as , at the present moment , it is left behind by the middle - class , or rather the one great educated upper- class , of France . There is still the other claim , that of ...
... English middle- class as far behind in intellect and knowledge as , at the present moment , it is left behind by the middle - class , or rather the one great educated upper- class , of France . There is still the other claim , that of ...
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