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Page 17
... port of call on the way out to Australia , and the last port of call on the way home to England , is much better known to globe - trotters than even the capital of the colony . It is nearer home by three days ' steaming than Adelaide ...
... port of call on the way out to Australia , and the last port of call on the way home to England , is much better known to globe - trotters than even the capital of the colony . It is nearer home by three days ' steaming than Adelaide ...
Page 103
... port for the over - sea trade , but it is so much of an open roadstead that it is satirically described as bounded ... port , and rather regard Perth as a hostile territory with pretensions which it is their duty to keep in check . The ...
... port for the over - sea trade , but it is so much of an open roadstead that it is satirically described as bounded ... port , and rather regard Perth as a hostile territory with pretensions which it is their duty to keep in check . The ...
Page 116
... ports from Glasgow , Antwerp , Hamburg , New York , Indian and Chinese ports , and from Vancouver and other ports . Port Darwin is also reached by this service , the traveller for the Northern Territory changing steamers at Broome ...
... ports from Glasgow , Antwerp , Hamburg , New York , Indian and Chinese ports , and from Vancouver and other ports . Port Darwin is also reached by this service , the traveller for the Northern Territory changing steamers at Broome ...
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