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Page 87
Port Phillip offered a kingdom where a man , he believed , had a chance to be
freed from such ghosts of his past . In 1834 he had had many discussions at
Kingston with John Helder Wedge , outwardly a persevering type of man of some
...
Port Phillip offered a kingdom where a man , he believed , had a chance to be
freed from such ghosts of his past . In 1834 he had had many discussions at
Kingston with John Helder Wedge , outwardly a persevering type of man of some
...
Page 93
Yet despite these private hells in his heart he managed to save £ 20 000 during
his first four years at Port Phillip by following the trade in which he had first
prospered in Launceston - hotel - keeping . 12 Soon after the arrival of Fawkner ,
the ...
Yet despite these private hells in his heart he managed to save £ 20 000 during
his first four years at Port Phillip by following the trade in which he had first
prospered in Launceston - hotel - keeping . 12 Soon after the arrival of Fawkner ,
the ...
Page 116
That was part of the grim price the aborigines had to pay if the District of Port
Phillip was to remain ' English for thousands of years : 21 By 1839 they were
boasting about their chance of sounding off an echo of Old England in their part
of the ...
That was part of the grim price the aborigines had to pay if the District of Port
Phillip was to remain ' English for thousands of years : 21 By 1839 they were
boasting about their chance of sounding off an echo of Old England in their part
of the ...
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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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