A Documentary History of Australia: Colonial Australia, 1788-1840Nelson, 1980 - Australia |
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Page 201
... never been Convicts . On the other Hand , while a Man is under the Sentence of the Law he is not eligible to be employed in any place of Trust ; he is incapable of Holding a Grant of Land , and it would be highly indecorous to Employ ...
... never been Convicts . On the other Hand , while a Man is under the Sentence of the Law he is not eligible to be employed in any place of Trust ; he is incapable of Holding a Grant of Land , and it would be highly indecorous to Employ ...
Page 357
... never saw it as any thing but what was obnoxious and disagreeable since its formation ; and the only real praise it deserved was , that which was stated in the Petition , namely , that it was perfectly incapable of administering to the ...
... never saw it as any thing but what was obnoxious and disagreeable since its formation ; and the only real praise it deserved was , that which was stated in the Petition , namely , that it was perfectly incapable of administering to the ...
Page 586
... never enters their doors ; they have no rent to pay , and most probably some to take , for some old cot let to some new comer . These people enjoy their independence , and actually pity their old masters at home who , they knew , had ...
... never enters their doors ; they have no rent to pay , and most probably some to take , for some old cot let to some new comer . These people enjoy their independence , and actually pity their old masters at home who , they knew , had ...
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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