A Documentary History of Australia: Colonial Australia, 1788-1840Nelson, 1980 - Australia |
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... Island ) , and in November they discovered Port Dalrymple at the mouth of the Tamar River on the northern coast of Van Diemen's Land . They confirmed the existence of the strait early in December and then circumnavigated the island ...
... Island ) , and in November they discovered Port Dalrymple at the mouth of the Tamar River on the northern coast of Van Diemen's Land . They confirmed the existence of the strait early in December and then circumnavigated the island ...
Page 425
... Island . The sealers lived lonely and dangerous lives , but appeared to prefer such conditions to the rigours of employment in the colonies or on the merchant ships . John Hart , master of the schooner Elizabeth , left Launceston in ...
... Island . The sealers lived lonely and dangerous lives , but appeared to prefer such conditions to the rigours of employment in the colonies or on the merchant ships . John Hart , master of the schooner Elizabeth , left Launceston in ...
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... island in every direction , but found no traces of black men ; they began to despond , and led a miserable existence , feeling themselves to be the last natives in the whole island , and that the white man had rooted them out . It makes ...
... island in every direction , but found no traces of black men ; they began to despond , and led a miserable existence , feeling themselves to be the last natives in the whole island , and that the white man had rooted them out . It makes ...
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