A History of New South Wales,: From Its Settlement to the Close of the Year 1844, 1. köideR. Bentley, 1846 |
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... five males , and one hundred and ninety - two female prisoners , with a proportionate military guard , the whole under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip , R.N. , GOVERNOR PHILLIP . ás Governor of the convict colony of.
... five males , and one hundred and ninety - two female prisoners , with a proportionate military guard , the whole under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip , R.N. , GOVERNOR PHILLIP . ás Governor of the convict colony of.
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... whole number so consigned to its soil , and even to afford relief to the mother colony , by the capa- bilities of its climate and soil for agricultural purposes . The same fatality , however , attended their move- ments in the new ...
... whole number so consigned to its soil , and even to afford relief to the mother colony , by the capa- bilities of its climate and soil for agricultural purposes . The same fatality , however , attended their move- ments in the new ...
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... whole expenditure , and duties of the government were concentrated in New South Wales , with Sydney as its capital town . There can be no doubt that this was an ill - judged step . After the expense which had been incurred in the ...
... whole expenditure , and duties of the government were concentrated in New South Wales , with Sydney as its capital town . There can be no doubt that this was an ill - judged step . After the expense which had been incurred in the ...
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... whole range of that extensive inlet . Irri- tated at the escape of some of the prisoners , and by the apparent difficulty of supporting the population in such a tract of country , Colonel Collins abandoned the project , without even ...
... whole range of that extensive inlet . Irri- tated at the escape of some of the prisoners , and by the apparent difficulty of supporting the population in such a tract of country , Colonel Collins abandoned the project , without even ...
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... whole of the society on their side , they quickly succeeded in exciting disaffection , and even disloyalty towards the obnoxious Governor . Not only , however , did Captain Bligh place the greatest restriction on the importation and ...
... whole of the society on their side , they quickly succeeded in exciting disaffection , and even disloyalty towards the obnoxious Governor . Not only , however , did Captain Bligh place the greatest restriction on the importation and ...
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acre administration agent agricultural amount appears appointed arrival Australia Board bounty bounty system British Captain Bligh character circumstances clause colonists commissioners committee consequence criminals Crown lands Darling despatch Diemen's Land disposed district effect emancipist employment England establishment evil Excellency existed expense females free emigrants fund government ships Governor Macquarie Governor Phillip hundred immigration imperial government importance instructions Judge labour land revenue large number Legislative Council Lord Glenelg Majesty's government McArthur means measure ment military minimum price mother country necessary Norfolk Island number of convicts object obtained officers opinion party passage penal period persons population Port Jackson Port Phillip present prisoners proposed punishment purchase reader received regulations respect SALE AND OCCUPATION sent settlement settlers Sir George Gipps Sir Richard Bourke Sir Thomas Brisbane South Wales corps spirit surgeon Surgeon-Superintendent Sydney tion transportation Treasury upset price Van Diemen's Land vessel
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