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Francis Keble Crowley. THE HAWKESBURY SETTLERS Early in 1794 twenty - two would - be farmers were allowed to take up 30 - acre blocks of land on the banks of the Hawkesbury River , near where Windsor is now . By August 1794 seventy settlers ...
Francis Keble Crowley. THE HAWKESBURY SETTLERS Early in 1794 twenty - two would - be farmers were allowed to take up 30 - acre blocks of land on the banks of the Hawkesbury River , near where Windsor is now . By August 1794 seventy settlers ...
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... settlers , men of the most dissolute characters , whose conduct during the period of their servitude had the appearance of reformation , but was only restrained within the bounds of propriety from the fear of punishment ; for no sooner ...
... settlers , men of the most dissolute characters , whose conduct during the period of their servitude had the appearance of reformation , but was only restrained within the bounds of propriety from the fear of punishment ; for no sooner ...
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... settlers . He reported : It has constantly happened that the more distant Settlers have been much incommoded by those irruptions at the Time the Maize is ripe , And I am very confident that the Settlers in those Situations have been ...
... settlers . He reported : It has constantly happened that the more distant Settlers have been much incommoded by those irruptions at the Time the Maize is ripe , And I am very confident that the Settlers in those Situations have been ...
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