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Page 269
... present a lively and interesting picture of the state of ' Botany Bay ' . After 1806 Howe also published the series called New South Wales Pocket Almanack . He fostered literature by reprinting critical and appreciative pieces in his ...
... present a lively and interesting picture of the state of ' Botany Bay ' . After 1806 Howe also published the series called New South Wales Pocket Almanack . He fostered literature by reprinting critical and appreciative pieces in his ...
Page 386
... present from your loving son , I forgot to tell you how far ; it is 17,000 miles . Dear Mother , William Vincent . August 20 , 1831 . I WRITE these few lines to you , hoping to find you in good health , as it leaves me at present ; and ...
... present from your loving son , I forgot to tell you how far ; it is 17,000 miles . Dear Mother , William Vincent . August 20 , 1831 . I WRITE these few lines to you , hoping to find you in good health , as it leaves me at present ; and ...
Page 491
... present , and is likely long to continue its chief wealth . It is only by a free range over the wide expanse of native Herbage , which the Colony affords , that the production of this staple article can be upheld at its present rate of ...
... present , and is likely long to continue its chief wealth . It is only by a free range over the wide expanse of native Herbage , which the Colony affords , that the production of this staple article can be upheld at its present rate of ...
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