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... feeling . In 1834 George Bennett wrote : It is well known that free emigration is detested by most of the convict party , and a wealthy individual of this class once remarked , ' What have the free emigrants to do here ? the colony was ...
... feeling . In 1834 George Bennett wrote : It is well known that free emigration is detested by most of the convict party , and a wealthy individual of this class once remarked , ' What have the free emigrants to do here ? the colony was ...
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... feeling . In 1824 Edward Curr wrote : There is already a degree of nationality in Van Diemen's Land ; people begin to talk of the good old times with which the old names are connected ; and a governor might as well abolish the English ...
... feeling . In 1824 Edward Curr wrote : There is already a degree of nationality in Van Diemen's Land ; people begin to talk of the good old times with which the old names are connected ; and a governor might as well abolish the English ...
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... feeling . It is broadly true that Britons regarded Australia in the way he describes before the gold discoveries , but surely most of them continued to regard Australia in much the same light for long afterwards . If his words are meant ...
... feeling . It is broadly true that Britons regarded Australia in the way he describes before the gold discoveries , but surely most of them continued to regard Australia in much the same light for long afterwards . If his words are meant ...
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THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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