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Page 87
... Gellibrand . Swanston was a one - time captain in the British army in India who had come to Hobart Town in 1829 to recuperate from the rigours of such a life , and had stayed on to become a rich man , partly through his own import and ...
... Gellibrand . Swanston was a one - time captain in the British army in India who had come to Hobart Town in 1829 to recuperate from the rigours of such a life , and had stayed on to become a rich man , partly through his own import and ...
Page 88
... Gellibrand favoured ' sitting on the blacks to eat them out , or drive them out ' . The more prudent members were bothered by what the ' professors of brotherly love for the black fellow ' would say to that . Simpson and Wedge wanted to ...
... Gellibrand favoured ' sitting on the blacks to eat them out , or drive them out ' . The more prudent members were bothered by what the ' professors of brotherly love for the black fellow ' would say to that . Simpson and Wedge wanted to ...
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... Gellibrand lost heavily when many of his sheep were suffocated in the hold of his ship or died of thirst . He himself was so distressed by the heat on first landing at Western Port that he developed violent palpitations and had to lie ...
... Gellibrand lost heavily when many of his sheep were suffocated in the hold of his ship or died of thirst . He himself was so distressed by the heat on first landing at Western Port that he developed violent palpitations and had to lie ...
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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