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Page 128
... HARBOUR SETTLED Late in 1801 Governor King formed a small settlement at the Coal Harbour , at the entrance to the Hunter River , later known as Newcastle . His intention was to mine coal for export . Two ships took loads of coal to ...
... HARBOUR SETTLED Late in 1801 Governor King formed a small settlement at the Coal Harbour , at the entrance to the Hunter River , later known as Newcastle . His intention was to mine coal for export . Two ships took loads of coal to ...
Page 311
... Harbour on the west coast of Van Diemen's Land well merited the intention of its founder that it should , as far as possible , be a living hell ; the entrance to the harbour was known among the convicts as ' The Gates of Hell . The work ...
... Harbour on the west coast of Van Diemen's Land well merited the intention of its founder that it should , as far as possible , be a living hell ; the entrance to the harbour was known among the convicts as ' The Gates of Hell . The work ...
Page 548
... harbour perhaps unequalled , certainly not excelled , by any in the world ; a rise and fall of tide of 13 feet render it available for docks for vessels of large size , or for " heaving them down . " To the eastward there is another harbour ...
... harbour perhaps unequalled , certainly not excelled , by any in the world ; a rise and fall of tide of 13 feet render it available for docks for vessels of large size , or for " heaving them down . " To the eastward there is another harbour ...
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