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... NORFOLK ISLAND OCCUPIED The British government decided that as soon as the settlement had been established on the eastern coast of New South Wales , Norfolk Island should also be occupied , so as to forestall its occupation by any other ...
... NORFOLK ISLAND OCCUPIED The British government decided that as soon as the settlement had been established on the eastern coast of New South Wales , Norfolk Island should also be occupied , so as to forestall its occupation by any other ...
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Francis Keble Crowley. THE SETTLEMENT ON NORFOLK ISLAND The poverty of the soil around Sydney , compared with that on Norfolk Island , made the latter settlement a safety valve when rations ran low , or when the population became too ...
Francis Keble Crowley. THE SETTLEMENT ON NORFOLK ISLAND The poverty of the soil around Sydney , compared with that on Norfolk Island , made the latter settlement a safety valve when rations ran low , or when the population became too ...
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... Norfolk Island . In November 1837 Governor Bourke reported that : Expense has been to some extent diminished by the success which has attended the cultivation of grain on the settlement , a large supply of food being now annually raised ...
... Norfolk Island . In November 1837 Governor Bourke reported that : Expense has been to some extent diminished by the success which has attended the cultivation of grain on the settlement , a large supply of food being now annually raised ...
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