An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales: Both as a Penal Settlement and as a British Colony, Tom 1A.J. Valpy, 1837 - 478 |
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... South Wales to England in the month of July , 1833 , on business connected with the Australian Col- lege , and with the Presbyterian Church in communion with the Church of Scotland , in that colony , and having accordingly obtained ...
... South Wales to England in the month of July , 1833 , on business connected with the Australian Col- lege , and with the Presbyterian Church in communion with the Church of Scotland , in that colony , and having accordingly obtained ...
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... South Wales in particular ; and 3rdly , To promote the best interests of that colony , by promoting the emigration of reputable families and individuals to its territory , and by pointing out to the authorities at home the line of ...
... South Wales in particular ; and 3rdly , To promote the best interests of that colony , by promoting the emigration of reputable families and individuals to its territory , and by pointing out to the authorities at home the line of ...
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... South Wales CHAPTER X. View of the present state of agriculture and of the agricultural interest in New South Wales APPENDIX PAGE 191 231 304 344 391 438 AN HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF NEW SOUTH WALES . xii CONTENTS .
... South Wales CHAPTER X. View of the present state of agriculture and of the agricultural interest in New South Wales APPENDIX PAGE 191 231 304 344 391 438 AN HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF NEW SOUTH WALES . xii CONTENTS .
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... SOUTH WALES . CHAPTER I. PROGRESSIVE DISCOVERY OF THE COASTS OF NEW HOLLAND . Denique et a nostro diversum gentibus orbem , Diversum cœlo , et clarum majoribus astris , Remigio audaci attigimus , ducentibus et Dis . FRACASTORIUS ...
... SOUTH WALES . CHAPTER I. PROGRESSIVE DISCOVERY OF THE COASTS OF NEW HOLLAND . Denique et a nostro diversum gentibus orbem , Diversum cœlo , et clarum majoribus astris , Remigio audaci attigimus , ducentibus et Dis . FRACASTORIUS ...
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... south latitude was discovered by another Dutch captain of the name of Zeachen , who also appears to have dis- covered and surveyed a considerable portion of the northern coast , which he named the Land of Arnheim . In the ... SOUTH WALES . 3.
... south latitude was discovered by another Dutch captain of the name of Zeachen , who also appears to have dis- covered and surveyed a considerable portion of the northern coast , which he named the Land of Arnheim . In the ... SOUTH WALES . 3.
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accordingly acres administration afford afterwards agricultural appears arrival ascertained Australian Bathurst British bushels Cape Captain Hunter Captain Sturt character chiefly circumstances coast colonists colony command consequence considerable course Court cultivation Darling Dieman's Land district doubtless emancipated convicts emancipists England erected establishment Excellency Excellency's extensive farm favour free emigrant free settlers Governor Bligh Governor Macquarie Governor Phillip grants of land harbour Hawkesbury honour hundred Hunter's River important individuals induced inhabitants interest John Macarthur Judge Advocate jury King's stores labour Legislative Council Lieut Macquarie's magistrates maize Majesty's Majesty's Government Major Johnston means measure ment miles mother country native Norfolk Island northward occasion officers Parramatta period persons population Port Jackson produce quantity regard render respectable servants settlement sheep and cattle ship shore Sir Thomas Brisbane South Wales Corps territory tion town of Sydney uniformly Van Dieman's Land vessel voyage whale wheat whole
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Strona 389 - ... the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil-olive, and honey...
Strona 63 - And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him ; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
Strona 97 - Governor-in-Chief for the time being, previously obtained for that purpose, which orders and directions you are to signify to all captains or masters of ships immediately on their arrival at our said settlement, and you are at the same time to take the most effectual measures that the said orders and directions shall be strictly obeyed and complied with.
Strona 445 - Sydney; agriculture in a yet languishing state; commerce in its early dawn; revenue unknown; threatened with famine; distracted by faction; the public buildings in a state of dilapidation and mouldering to decay; the few roads and bridges...
Strona 23 - ... guard and the convicts who had been landed in the morning. The spot chosen for this purpose was at the head of the cove, near the run of fresh water, which stole silently along through a very thick wood, the stillness of which had then, for the first time since the creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe, and the downfall of its ancient inhabitants; a stillness and tranquillity which from that day were to give place to the voice of labour, the confusion of camps and...
Strona 446 - I left it in February last, reaping incalculable advantages from my extensive and important discoveries in all directions, including the supposed insurmountable barrier called the Blue Mountains, to the westward of which are situated the fertile plains of Bathurst ; and, in all respects, enjoying a state of private comfort and public prosperity, which I trust will at least equal the expectation of his Majesty's Government.
Strona 97 - And whereas it hath been represented to us that great evils have arisen from the unrestrained importation of spirits into our said settlement from vessels touching there, whereby both the settlers and convicts have been induced to barter and exchange their live stock and other necessary articles for the said spirits, to their particular loss and detriment, as well as to that of our said settlement at large, we do, therefore, strictly enjoin you, on pain of our utmost displeasure, to order and direct...
Strona 407 - Australian summer-day, without preventing the traveller from proceeding in any direction at a rapid trot or canter. On the banks of rivers, and especially on the alluvial land within the reach of their inundations, the forest becomes what the colonists call a thick brush or jungle.
Strona 418 - No nation is drunken where wine is cheap ; and none sober, where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage.
Strona 251 - ... per cent.) on mortgages given for the same purpose rapidly accumulated, till at length creditors became imperative in their demands for payment, being themselves generally pressed by other creditors either in the colony or in England; and debtors who had nothing but their stock and their land to look to, found themselves suddenly and unexpectedly ruined. Month after month herds of cattle and flocks of sheep were seized and sold for the payment of debts incurred by their original purchase; and...