Australia: Or Facts and Features, Sketches, and Incidents of Australia and Australian Life, with Notices of New Zealand |
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Page iii - Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Page 2 - What is true of one place may not be true of another place, and what is true at one time may not be true at another...
Page 213 - THERE is no word in the English language of which one requires to make a more studied use in Australia than the word ' convict.' It is entirely erased from the vocabulary of those who desire to ' live peaceably with all men...
Page 223 - Anstralian life which it would not have otherwise worn, and a knowledge of this constitutes no small part of that much-vaunted ' Colonial experience,' extolled as the foundation of success. 'What is the use of a friend...
Page 114 - ... intending purchasers is directed to the following clauses in the conditions under which the leases will be sold, viz. : — , The lease of each run for five years will be sold to the person who may offer the highest premium for the purchase thereof, and subject only to the annual rental specified. The purchaser will be required to pay down at the time of sale a deposit equivalent to 25 per cent, of the premium (if any) offered for the lease, together with the rent computed from the 1st January...
Page 214 - Morison reflected that the worn-out incorrigible "must have been so habituated to punishment that it had become a kind of necessity to him, and likely he felt at times uneasy if he did not receive any; all that was human in his nature must have been well-nigh lashed out of him, leaving nothing but . . . the nature of a spaniel dog.
Page 227 - pointers' is the name by which such persons are usually distinguished and stigmatized ; that is, they follow the pursuit of gain as pointers do game, are always on the watch for ignorant and unsuspecting persons, whom they are never so likely to succeed in plundering as under the guise of friendship. It is right to 'give the devil his due...
Page 204 - ... of the calamity which hangs over them in the probable loss of their stock from starvation and want of water ; whilst not a few have their fears deeply embittered in reflecting on the unfortunate error which they have committed in burning so much of their runs. And it is in cases of this nature that experience comes so much to the aid of the Australian settler, in the making of 'dams,' and guarding against the great danger of 'overstocking.
Page 235 - Church, or clergyman, the whole arrangement is an utter absurdity : it virtually takes away all motive or sense of obligation ; it robs and deprives the people of their Christian rights and privileges. Duties cannot be done by halves ; the human heart cannot be divided and portioned out, one half to the Government and one half to the Church ; persons will give to a Church or clergyman, freely, liberally, but when they have to meet an arrangement of the Government, it is an amply sufficient reason...
Page 7 - ... yourself. Look at two sides of a shilling,' were the words which I heard spoken by the superintendent, or local governor, of one of the New Zealand settlements, to two young men who had entered into conversation with him regarding their intentions of settling. Ignorance may be ruinous. There are many most important things to be learned on the spot, a knowledge of which cannot be very well dispensed with, for in Australia, as elsewhere, instead of the man overcoming the difficulties, the difficulties...
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| Title | Australia: Or Facts and Features, Sketches, and Incidents of Australia and Australian Life, with Notices of New Zealand |
| Authors | Clergyman, John Morison |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, 1867 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 1 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 286 pages |
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