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The civilisation of Port Phillip : settler ideology, violence, and rhetorical possession

Rogers, Thomas James2018
Port Phillip's free settlers often said that they were civilising a wilderness. The truth was that the occupied country already had people, laws, politics, and economies. What did 'civilisation' mean to the free settlers? And what was the relationship between civilising and violence? The Civilisa...
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