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Page 63
... banks of the Hawkesbury River , near where Windsor is now . By August 1794 seventy settlers were established in the district , and it proved to be the most fertile and productive cultivated since the foundation of the colony . Lt ...
... banks of the Hawkesbury River , near where Windsor is now . By August 1794 seventy settlers were established in the district , and it proved to be the most fertile and productive cultivated since the foundation of the colony . Lt ...
Page 238
... banks of the river were heavily timbered , and many large spaces within our view , covered with the common reed , were also encircled by large trees . On the third , the main channel of the river was much contracted but very deep , the ...
... banks of the river were heavily timbered , and many large spaces within our view , covered with the common reed , were also encircled by large trees . On the third , the main channel of the river was much contracted but very deep , the ...
Page 593
... Bank of South Australia , 462 Bank of Van Diemen's Land , 308-9 , 461 Bank of Western Australia , 525 Banks , Sir Joseph , 1 , 94 , 112 , 148 , 150 , 155 , 162-3 , 273-4 , 469-70 banks and banking , 580 , 585 ; awash with funds , 519-20 ; ...
... Bank of South Australia , 462 Bank of Van Diemen's Land , 308-9 , 461 Bank of Western Australia , 525 Banks , Sir Joseph , 1 , 94 , 112 , 148 , 150 , 155 , 162-3 , 273-4 , 469-70 banks and banking , 580 , 585 ; awash with funds , 519-20 ; ...
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