A History of Australia: From the earliest times to the age of Macquarie |
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... Hobart had taken over the seals of office from the Duke of Portland in March 1801. He was born in 1760 , and at the turn of the century enjoyed the reputation of being free from every vice , of being discreet without being close , and ...
... Hobart had taken over the seals of office from the Duke of Portland in March 1801. He was born in 1760 , and at the turn of the century enjoyed the reputation of being free from every vice , of being discreet without being close , and ...
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... Hobart Town was drawn up . All that time food supplies continued to be so short that settlers , officers , soldiers and convicts lived off kangaroo and emu meat till well on into 1806.33 In the meantime , observers were speculating on ...
... Hobart Town was drawn up . All that time food supplies continued to be so short that settlers , officers , soldiers and convicts lived off kangaroo and emu meat till well on into 1806.33 In the meantime , observers were speculating on ...
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... Hobart Town , while Macquarie nursed his misgivings till such time as Davey's behaviour cloaked his personal disgust with the higher purpose of duty . Davey arrived at Hobart Town on 20 February , to face problems which he had neither ...
... Hobart Town , while Macquarie nursed his misgivings till such time as Davey's behaviour cloaked his personal disgust with the higher purpose of duty . Davey arrived at Hobart Town on 20 February , to face problems which he had neither ...
Contents
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 41 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY | 61 |
THE BEGINNING OF SYDNEY COVE | 73 |
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