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... Dutch sailors in the seventeenth century had recoiled in horror from an ' arid , barren and wild land ' . At the Swaenerevier ( Swan River ) in 1696-7 Willem de Vlamingh had seen a species of black swans . It had seemed to him that in ...
... Dutch sailors in the seventeenth century had recoiled in horror from an ' arid , barren and wild land ' . At the Swaenerevier ( Swan River ) in 1696-7 Willem de Vlamingh had seen a species of black swans . It had seemed to him that in ...
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... Dutch , he sensed the paradox of a majestic sea pounding away since the beginning of time on the shores of such a dreary country . To his dismay he saw a country of naked rocks and a milk - white barren sand , beyond which boundary the ...
... Dutch , he sensed the paradox of a majestic sea pounding away since the beginning of time on the shores of such a dreary country . To his dismay he saw a country of naked rocks and a milk - white barren sand , beyond which boundary the ...
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... Dutch , Russians , Americans , or the aborigines of New Holland . In the meantime Stirling pushed on with preparations for departure . Peter Brown was appointed Colonial Secretary ; John Morgan was appointed store- keeper ; John ...
... Dutch , Russians , Americans , or the aborigines of New Holland . In the meantime Stirling pushed on with preparations for departure . Peter Brown was appointed Colonial Secretary ; John Morgan was appointed store- keeper ; John ...
Contents
HIGH NOON FOR MORAL IMPROVERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA | 73 |
OVERSTRAITERS OVERLANDERS AND OTHERS DESCEND | 84 |
ENGLANDS ECHO IN THE ANTIPODES | 113 |
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