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Page 34
... Aborigines in the vicinity of Sydney . In retaliation for the theft of their canoes and fishing gear , the Aborigines threw their spears at convicts or soldiers who had strayed into the bush too far from their camps , and occasionally ...
... Aborigines in the vicinity of Sydney . In retaliation for the theft of their canoes and fishing gear , the Aborigines threw their spears at convicts or soldiers who had strayed into the bush too far from their camps , and occasionally ...
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... ABORIGINES Early in 1793 Captain Arthur Phillip returned to England in the Atlantic after spending five years as Governor of New South Wales . He brought back with him two Australian Aborigines , who had become very attached to him ...
... ABORIGINES Early in 1793 Captain Arthur Phillip returned to England in the Atlantic after spending five years as Governor of New South Wales . He brought back with him two Australian Aborigines , who had become very attached to him ...
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... Aborigines and settlers on one another , George Frankland , the Surveyor - General of Van Diemen's Land , suggested that boards be displayed on trees in various parts of the island , depicting in paintings how blacks would be hanged for ...
... Aborigines and settlers on one another , George Frankland , the Surveyor - General of Van Diemen's Land , suggested that boards be displayed on trees in various parts of the island , depicting in paintings how blacks would be hanged for ...
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