A History of Australia, Volume 2The second volume in a history of Australia which aims to highlight the hardship and trauma that occurred there during the establishment and development of white settlement. This volume chronicles New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) between 1822 and 1838. |
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Page 38
It was a question on which Forbes could employ his great intellectual powers. In
January of 1823 Forbes came up with a solution to the New South Wales
problem. He recommended the creation of a Legislative Council with power to
make ...
It was a question on which Forbes could employ his great intellectual powers. In
January of 1823 Forbes came up with a solution to the New South Wales
problem. He recommended the creation of a Legislative Council with power to
make ...
Page 76
Forbes stayed away from the debates in the Legislative Council, pleading
pressure of judicial business as his excuse, but Darling, who was beginning to
chafe and fume under the man's exasperating insolent assumption that the Chief
Justice ...
Forbes stayed away from the debates in the Legislative Council, pleading
pressure of judicial business as his excuse, but Darling, who was beginning to
chafe and fume under the man's exasperating insolent assumption that the Chief
Justice ...
Page 215
He, Forbes, was not quarrelling with any political creed. He was simply stating a
fact. The politics of England were and must be for many years to come the politics
of New South Wales. This colony, as Forbes saw it, was but in the cradle.
He, Forbes, was not quarrelling with any political creed. He was simply stating a
fact. The politics of England were and must be for many years to come the politics
of New South Wales. This colony, as Forbes saw it, was but in the cradle.
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Contents
A R K N | 17 |
T H E R ETURN OF THE NATIVE SON | 41 |
T H E N ATI W E SON OF FE N DS GROSS LY | 61 |
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