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To counteract these tendencies it was suggested to Governor Young in January
1852 that a government assayer should be appointed to melt, assay and stamp
gold, and that the gold thus stamped should be received by weight in payment for
...
To counteract these tendencies it was suggested to Governor Young in January
1852 that a government assayer should be appointed to melt, assay and stamp
gold, and that the gold thus stamped should be received by weight in payment for
...
Page 110
On 29 January Terence Aubrey Murray presented a petition, praying the
Assembly to take the land question into its immediate consideration. Other
members also prayed for the immediate settlement of the land question by
throwing the Crown ...
On 29 January Terence Aubrey Murray presented a petition, praying the
Assembly to take the land question into its immediate consideration. Other
members also prayed for the immediate settlement of the land question by
throwing the Crown ...
Page 163
After the remains of Burke and Wills arrived in Melbourne they were put on
display in the vestibule of the Royal Society from 31 December 1862 to 21
January l863. On the last day they were finally hidden from the public gaze in a
sarcophagus ...
After the remains of Burke and Wills arrived in Melbourne they were put on
display in the vestibule of the Royal Society from 31 December 1862 to 21
January l863. On the last day they were finally hidden from the public gaze in a
sarcophagus ...
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ONESTEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE | 23 |
WHO WOULD WANT To BE A DIGGER? | 45 |
Henry Parkes and Henry Lawson frontispiece | 64 |
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