A Documentary History of Australia: Colonial Australia, 1788-1840Nelson, 1980 - Australia |
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Page 121
... Mountains , on the other side of which it was thought there was a route to India , or even to China . One rumour said that there was a prosperous inland colony south of Sydney . Many convicts disappeared into the bush and were never ...
... Mountains , on the other side of which it was thought there was a route to India , or even to China . One rumour said that there was a prosperous inland colony south of Sydney . Many convicts disappeared into the bush and were never ...
Page 151
... Mountains , through a gentle rising Country , well Wooded , and apparently good Land . On the 5th I began to ascend the Mountains , and after a very fatiguing Journey along the Steep Rocky Side of them near the Summit , I crossed the ...
... Mountains , through a gentle rising Country , well Wooded , and apparently good Land . On the 5th I began to ascend the Mountains , and after a very fatiguing Journey along the Steep Rocky Side of them near the Summit , I crossed the ...
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... Mountains in New South Wales , London , 1823 , pp . 32-7 W. C. Wentworth summed up their achievements : - a Before it can be determined whether in this Excursion we have actually passed the Mountains it will be necessary to ascertain ...
... Mountains in New South Wales , London , 1823 , pp . 32-7 W. C. Wentworth summed up their achievements : - a Before it can be determined whether in this Excursion we have actually passed the Mountains it will be necessary to ascertain ...
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Aborigines acres agricultural allowed amongst appearance arrived banks Bathurst boat Botany Bay Britain Cape Captain cattle Church coast colonists colony command Committee conduct consequence Court Cove crimes cultivation Diemen's Land district duty emancipists employed England established Excellency farming female convicts Governor King Governor Macquarie Harbour Hawkesbury Historical Records Hobart Town hope Hunter important inhabitants John Macarthur June Jury labour London Lord Macarthur Macquarie's magistrates Majesty's March Marsden miles military Mitchell Library months Mountains natives Norfolk Island November observed occasion officers Parramatta party persons population Port Dalrymple Port Jackson pounds present prisoners provisions punishment received Records of Australia reported respect River sailed sent sentenced servants settlement sheep ships shore situation Society South Wales Corps spirits supply Sydney Gazette trade transportation Van Diemen's Land vessel voyage W. C. Wentworth wheat whole women wool