A History of New South Wales,: From Its Settlement to the Close of the Year 1844, 1. köideR. Bentley, 1846 |
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... circumstance which is well worth relating again , although preserved as an anecdote by previous writers on the history of these countries . One night , shortly after the arrival of the Sirius , it was observed that a nighbouring hill ...
... circumstance which is well worth relating again , although preserved as an anecdote by previous writers on the history of these countries . One night , shortly after the arrival of the Sirius , it was observed that a nighbouring hill ...
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... circumstances ; their period of service in that distant land was intended to be perpetual . With all the high feelings and ardent dispositions of British soldiers , the officers found themselves situate in quarters , where , neither the ...
... circumstances ; their period of service in that distant land was intended to be perpetual . With all the high feelings and ardent dispositions of British soldiers , the officers found themselves situate in quarters , where , neither the ...
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... circumstances , was the wish to form amongst themselves , and to cultivate amongst their own class of free civilians , the frame and amenities of civilized social life . The first object was to be gained by the two channels of ...
... circumstances , was the wish to form amongst themselves , and to cultivate amongst their own class of free civilians , the frame and amenities of civilized social life . The first object was to be gained by the two channels of ...
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... circumstance which tended to increase the influence of the military was , that the interregnums which occurred during their stay in New South Wales were always filled by the chief officer , who was also the councillor and assistant of ...
... circumstance which tended to increase the influence of the military was , that the interregnums which occurred during their stay in New South Wales were always filled by the chief officer , who was also the councillor and assistant of ...
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... circumstances of the country , the greatest drawback to the success of the farmer and proprietor . Very few of the lower orders could be induced to leave their British homes for the chance of what fortune offered them in a land ...
... circumstances of the country , the greatest drawback to the success of the farmer and proprietor . Very few of the lower orders could be induced to leave their British homes for the chance of what fortune offered them in a land ...
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