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Page 160
... Britain in the Porpoise he was released , but he then took command of that ship and sailed it to Hobart , where he waited for the British government to take such actions as would restore him to office . Colonel Lachlan Macquarie was ...
... Britain in the Porpoise he was released , but he then took command of that ship and sailed it to Hobart , where he waited for the British government to take such actions as would restore him to office . Colonel Lachlan Macquarie was ...
Page 389
... Britain , Parliamentary Debates , New Series , vol . XVI , cols 493-5 Two years later several of these ideas were incorporated into one of the most influential books to be written concerning the Australian colonies . A Letter from ...
... Britain , Parliamentary Debates , New Series , vol . XVI , cols 493-5 Two years later several of these ideas were incorporated into one of the most influential books to be written concerning the Australian colonies . A Letter from ...
Page 528
... Britain and Australia . Opinion was sharply divided . For example , Edward Gibbon Wakefield told a committee of the House of Commons on 27 June 1836 : ' I consider that in Australia at present there are no colonies ; I look upon the ...
... Britain and Australia . Opinion was sharply divided . For example , Edward Gibbon Wakefield told a committee of the House of Commons on 27 June 1836 : ' I consider that in Australia at present there are no colonies ; I look upon the ...
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