A Documentary History of Australia: Colonial Australia, 1788-1840Nelson, 1980 - Australia |
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... early foreseen and strove to guard against its arrival would certainly soften the bitterness of our reflections ; and , guarding thus against the worst , that worst providentially might never happen . The governor , whose humanity was ...
... early foreseen and strove to guard against its arrival would certainly soften the bitterness of our reflections ; and , guarding thus against the worst , that worst providentially might never happen . The governor , whose humanity was ...
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... Early on the morning of the 4th of September , 1839 , the Beagle was once more slipping out of Port Essington before a light land wind . . . . Having cleared Clarence Strait , and found it to be perfectly navigable with common ...
... Early on the morning of the 4th of September , 1839 , the Beagle was once more slipping out of Port Essington before a light land wind . . . . Having cleared Clarence Strait , and found it to be perfectly navigable with common ...
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... early merchants – E. M. Sayers , whose stores my firm bought eight years later ; Watson and Wight ; Were brothers , whose senior , the well- known Mr. Jonathan Binns Were , was always , under all fortunes , a prominent and influential ...
... early merchants – E. M. Sayers , whose stores my firm bought eight years later ; Watson and Wight ; Were brothers , whose senior , the well- known Mr. Jonathan Binns Were , was always , under all fortunes , a prominent and influential ...
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