A Documentary History of Australia: Colonial Australia, 1875-1900Nelson, 1980 - Australia |
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Page 111
... town , the Sydney buildings are much loftier . Melbourne and Adelaide always look to me as if some one had taken his seat upon the top of them and squashed them down . Sydney is taller and more irregular . It climbs up and down a whole ...
... town , the Sydney buildings are much loftier . Melbourne and Adelaide always look to me as if some one had taken his seat upon the top of them and squashed them down . Sydney is taller and more irregular . It climbs up and down a whole ...
Page 189
... town boomed . In addition to the tumult of words and laughter , there was music in the air . Brass bands performed at intervals , while elsewhere in the street were dark - skinned men with harp and violin , and here and there a man or ...
... town boomed . In addition to the tumult of words and laughter , there was music in the air . Brass bands performed at intervals , while elsewhere in the street were dark - skinned men with harp and violin , and here and there a man or ...
Page 337
... town ; and small towns , as a rule , are more healthy than large ones . If there is not so much wealth in the former as in the latter , there is also generally less poverty : there is , moreover , less luxury and extravagance , less ...
... town ; and small towns , as a rule , are more healthy than large ones . If there is not so much wealth in the former as in the latter , there is also generally less poverty : there is , moreover , less luxury and extravagance , less ...
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