The Making of Australasia: A Brief History of the Origin and Development of the British Dominions in the South PacificHistory of the British colonisation of Australia and New Zealand ; discusses the harsh treatment of Aboriginal inhabitants by British colonists (pp.109-112) and the plight of the Aboriginal Tasmanians (pp.82-84 ; 128-131). |
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Page 91 - I was very much surprised and concerned, on my arrival here, at the extraordinary and illiberal Policy I found had been adopted by the Persons who had preceded me in office respecting those Men who had been originally sent out to this country as Convicts but who, by long Habits of Industry and total Reformation of Manners, had not only become respectable, but by many degrees the most useful members of the community.
Page 222 - There are boys out there by the western creeks, who hurry away from school To climb the sides of the breezy peaks or dive in the shaded pool, Who'll stick to their guns when the mountains quake to the tread of a mighty war, And fight for Right or a Grand Mistake as men never fought before...
Page 22 - Hope, with still more force, because no discovery of moment could be hoped for in that route; it was therefore resolved that we should return by the East Indies, and that with this view we should, upon leaving the coast, steer westward, till we should fall in with the east coast of New Holland, and then follow the direction of that coast to the northward...
Page 5 - Australis Terra' is the most southern of all lands, and is separated from New Guinea by a narrow strait. Its shores are hitherto but little known, since after one voyage and another, that route has been deserted, and seldom is the country visited unless when sailors are driven there by storms.
Page 222 - They were, however, the finest body of young men ever brought together in modern times. For physical beauty and nobility of bearing they surpassed any men I have ever seen; they walked and looked like the kings in old poems, and reminded me of the line in Shakespeare: "Baited like eagles having lately bathed.
Page 38 - His fortune, and thro' accumulating gains in this colony, by the great quantity of stock and land he possesses, enables him to boast of his indifference of whatever change happens to him. His employment during the eleven years he has been here has been that of making a large fortune, helping his brother officers to make small ones (mostly at the publick expense), and sewing [sic] discord and strife.
Page 91 - ... long-tried good conduct, should lead a man back to that rank in society which he had forfeited, and do away, in as far as the case will admit, all retrospect of former bad conduct. This appears to me to be the greatest inducement that can be held out towards the reformation of the manners of the inhabitants...
Page 6 - The Australis Terra is the most southern of all lands, and is separated from New Guinea by a narrow strait. Its shores are hitherto but little known, since after one voyage and another that route has been deserted, and seldom is the country visited, unless when sailors are driven there by storms.
Page 143 - Admitting, as every reasonable person must, that a certain degree of concentration is necessary for the advancement of wealth and civilization, and that it enables Government to become at once efficient and economical, I cannot avoid perceiving the peculiarities which, in this Colony, render it impolitic and even impossible to restrain dispersion within limits that would be expedient elsewhere.
Page 91 - ... the Persons who had preceded me in Office respecting those Men who had been originally sent out to this Country as Convicts, but who, by long Habits of Industry and total Reformation of Manners, had not only become respectable, but by many degrees the most Useful Members of the Community.