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Page 92
A person could be sentenced to transportation either by the commutation of a
death sentence to transportation for a ... or entertainment on Sunday evenings ,
the holding of debates on texts of Holy Scripture by incompetent persons such as
a ...
A person could be sentenced to transportation either by the commutation of a
death sentence to transportation for a ... or entertainment on Sunday evenings ,
the holding of debates on texts of Holy Scripture by incompetent persons such as
a ...
Page 119
... non - commissioned officers , privates and persons disposed to become
settlers ; convicts were to be assigned to work for persons with land grants ; nine
persons to act as superintendents of convicts were to be sent , and twenty - five
convict ...
... non - commissioned officers , privates and persons disposed to become
settlers ; convicts were to be assigned to work for persons with land grants ; nine
persons to act as superintendents of convicts were to be sent , and twenty - five
convict ...
Page 237
Ninety - five free persons ( 61 men , 18 women and 16 children ) , 3 orphans ,
and 25 men and i woman convict made up the remainder . It was a strongly
masculine community - about five men to every woman — and there were six
adults to ...
Ninety - five free persons ( 61 men , 18 women and 16 children ) , 3 orphans ,
and 25 men and i woman convict made up the remainder . It was a strongly
masculine community - about five men to every woman — and there were six
adults to ...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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