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As the two ships were being tossed and buffeted by the huge swell from the south in that vast stretch of sea between ... carried away by the excitement of the moment , ignored the warning and drove the ship straight onto the rocks .
As the two ships were being tossed and buffeted by the huge swell from the south in that vast stretch of sea between ... carried away by the excitement of the moment , ignored the warning and drove the ship straight onto the rocks .
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When that ship , the Red Rover , cast anchor at the Quay in Sydney on 10 August with 202 free female settlers on board they were warmly welcomed as a ' cargo ... of the highest value to the Country ' . Even the countenances of the aged ...
When that ship , the Red Rover , cast anchor at the Quay in Sydney on 10 August with 202 free female settlers on board they were warmly welcomed as a ' cargo ... of the highest value to the Country ' . Even the countenances of the aged ...
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On the voyage fifty - six children died of measles and whooping cough , fifty migrants and seamen died of typhus , and eighty more lay dying when the ship finally reached Sydney . On the Layton which sailed from Bristol on 27 September ...
On the voyage fifty - six children died of measles and whooping cough , fifty migrants and seamen died of typhus , and eighty more lay dying when the ship finally reached Sydney . On the Layton which sailed from Bristol on 27 September ...
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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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