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 115
The only course, as he saw it, was to strengthen the hands of the more
respectable and to improve, if possible, the moral character of the inferior class of
settlers which, he believed, sank lower and lower from the want of those outward
forms of ...
The only course, as he saw it, was to strengthen the hands of the more
respectable and to improve, if possible, the moral character of the inferior class of
settlers which, he believed, sank lower and lower from the want of those outward
forms of ...
Page 128
They wrote of improvident settlers going to merchants for a chest of tea, for bags
of sugar, gallons of rum, and slops for their men, and telling the merchant: 'Sir, I
have no money'. The foolish settlers, like the foolish virgins, gave warrants of ...
They wrote of improvident settlers going to merchants for a chest of tea, for bags
of sugar, gallons of rum, and slops for their men, and telling the merchant: 'Sir, I
have no money'. The foolish settlers, like the foolish virgins, gave warrants of ...
Page 296
They were told it was true that if the whole of the convict population were taken
away, then their imports would be diminished and the ostentatious luxuriance of
the settlers would be checked. The settler would have to employ his sons on his ...
They were told it was true that if the whole of the convict population were taken
away, then their imports would be diminished and the ostentatious luxuriance of
the settlers would be checked. The settler would have to employ his sons on his ...
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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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