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These settlements on Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group , King Island in
Bass Strait , Wilson's Promontory , Phillip Island , Port Fairy , Portland Bay ,
Kangaroo Island and King George's Sound were composed of bolters from the
convict ...
These settlements on Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group , King Island in
Bass Strait , Wilson's Promontory , Phillip Island , Port Fairy , Portland Bay ,
Kangaroo Island and King George's Sound were composed of bolters from the
convict ...
Page 175
Shortly after taking up his duties as private secretary to the LieutenantGovernor of
Van Diemen's Land in 1837 , he had come to the conclusion that the island was '
a sink of wickedness ' not because of man's innate depravity but because of ...
Shortly after taking up his duties as private secretary to the LieutenantGovernor of
Van Diemen's Land in 1837 , he had come to the conclusion that the island was '
a sink of wickedness ' not because of man's innate depravity but because of ...
Page 221
They were to be composed first of convicts who had passed through their
detention at Norfolk Island and of convicts sentenced to transportation for less
than life , who might be indicated by the Secretary of State for the Home
Department as ...
They were to be composed first of convicts who had passed through their
detention at Norfolk Island and of convicts sentenced to transportation for less
than life , who might be indicated by the Secretary of State for the Home
Department as ...
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Contents
ANOTHER PROVINCE FOR BRITAINS GENTRY | 17 |
A BRITISH PROVINCE WITH A LAUDABLE PURPOSE | 42 |
HIGH NOON FOR MORAL IMPROVERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA | 62 |
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