A History of Australia: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1838 |
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One day in Paris in 1815, as his grace was walking arm-in-arm with Brisbane, he
began to converse on the idleness to which many of them would be doomed
when the army was reduced to a peace establishment. When Brisbane
volunteered ...
One day in Paris in 1815, as his grace was walking arm-in-arm with Brisbane, he
began to converse on the idleness to which many of them would be doomed
when the army was reduced to a peace establishment. When Brisbane
volunteered ...
Page 31
Privately, Brisbane wrote off to a friend in England, to say he knew the
Presbyterian faction was very angry with him, but, dammit man, he explained, if
he gave in to the kirk party he would soon have the Jews down upon him for a
synagogue!
Privately, Brisbane wrote off to a friend in England, to say he knew the
Presbyterian faction was very angry with him, but, dammit man, he explained, if
he gave in to the kirk party he would soon have the Jews down upon him for a
synagogue!
Page 58
having come to the conclusion that Brisbane was occupying himself too much
with the stars and leaving worldly affairs to his Colonial Secretary, had decided
that Brisbane, honourable and excellent man that he was, nevertheless was very
...
having come to the conclusion that Brisbane was occupying himself too much
with the stars and leaving worldly affairs to his Colonial Secretary, had decided
that Brisbane, honourable and excellent man that he was, nevertheless was very
...
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Contents
THE SETTING IN NEW SOUTH WALES | 17 |
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE SON | 41 |
THE NATIVE SON OFFENDS GROSSLY | 61 |
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