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ItemThe historical alliance of faith and scepticism in relation to the contemporary situation in philosophyGraaff, G. E. de (University of Melbourne, 1957)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableGovernor Hotham : aspects of his government of Victoria, 1854-55, with particular reference to the Ballarat gold-fields disturbancesMiles, J. G. (John Gould) (University of Melbourne, 1954?)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableThe significance of Transjordan and its people for the history of IsraelThompson, J. A. (John Arthur), 1913-2002. (University of Melbourne, 1956)
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ItemThe Melbourne Mechanics Institute 1839-1872Lundie, Jill (University of Melbourne, 1955)
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ItemNew South Wales under Governor KingRoe, Michael, 1931- (University of Melbourne, 1955)The three parts of this thesis are entitled 'The Economy', 'The People', 'The Governor'. Although those three subjects are certainly the fundamental matters of my concern, the rigidity of the division may be misleading. I an inclined to believe that "Economic History" is rarely of intrinsic importance and definitely not so in reference to a snail settlement over a mere six-year period. The purpose of Part One is rather to introduce 'The People'. This is aimed at in two ways. On the one hand the first two chapters suggest the background and, to some degree, the manner of the ordinary man's life; on the other, the whole section describes the channels into which the colonists of superior ability directed their energies. In all young societies the first moves towards distinction are not related to philosophy or culture, but to economic profit. Thus the chapters on the several industries teach not only statistics and geography, but also of the aspirations and determination of the men in the colony possessed of minds large enough to aspire determinedly. Every chapter, not merely the last, refers to the personality and attitudes of the Governor. Men such as King who possess no highly remarkable or intriguing qualities cannot be characterised and estimated so succinctly as the genius, hero, or villain. So there is a greater necessity that he be judged by the record in round of his term. Virtually every sub-section paints in something more of the hard-discerned portrait. This is particularly true of the first two chapters. King, comrade of .Arthur Phillip at the foundation of N. S.W. , reached Sydney in April 1800 after the lapse of many weary months since his appointment. He knew that the colony was in a material and moral bog. Being, like all of us, an instinctive "economic determinist" King at once set himself to the regulation of economic life. We have now to examine his plans and his performance.
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ItemThe Personality of JuvenalWilkin, J. G. ( 1957)
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ItemPessimism in Greek TragedyPalmer, D. W. ( 1959)
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ItemThe Cult of Dionysos in Relation to Apollo and Ecstatic ProphecyLyons, John F. ( 1958)