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Page 149
On 7 December the Executive Council unanimously agreed that the sentence of the law should take effect . Three petitions for mercy were presented to Gipps . The Sydney Herald went on vilifying the aborigines as that most degenerate ...
On 7 December the Executive Council unanimously agreed that the sentence of the law should take effect . Three petitions for mercy were presented to Gipps . The Sydney Herald went on vilifying the aborigines as that most degenerate ...
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At the end of December 1841 the price of beef and mutton was 48-50 per pound ; by January 1843 it was 21-34d per pound , and by December of the same year 1-2d per pound . Wheat prices also tumbled from 5-6s a bushel in December 1841 to ...
At the end of December 1841 the price of beef and mutton was 48-50 per pound ; by January 1843 it was 21-34d per pound , and by December of the same year 1-2d per pound . Wheat prices also tumbled from 5-6s a bushel in December 1841 to ...
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On 17 December about 165 squatters and their sympathizers gathered in the Royal Hotel in Melbourne to hear men such as E. Curr and A. Cunningham argue that unless they accepted probation labour , wages would soon be as high as five ...
On 17 December about 165 squatters and their sympathizers gathered in the Royal Hotel in Melbourne to hear men such as E. Curr and A. Cunningham argue that unless they accepted probation labour , wages would soon be as high as five ...
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Contents
THE IRONAGE MEN OF NEW HOLLAND I | 1 |
ANOTHER PROVINCE FOR BRITAINS GENTRY | 17 |
A BRITISH PROVINCE WITH A LAUDABLE PURPOSE | 42 |
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