A History of Australia [vol. 2]Melbourne University, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 239
... work in the government service , or the commissariat , and the Governor's service , while the uneducated and the unskilled were distributed to the government farms , road work , or wharf labour . Most of the rest were assigned to employers ...
... work in the government service , or the commissariat , and the Governor's service , while the uneducated and the unskilled were distributed to the government farms , road work , or wharf labour . Most of the rest were assigned to employers ...
Page 241
... work for either the government , a civil or military officer or a settler for wages , paid either in money or kind or both . As skilled labour was short , there was ample opportunity for the skilled worker to earn good wages . There was ...
... work for either the government , a civil or military officer or a settler for wages , paid either in money or kind or both . As skilled labour was short , there was ample opportunity for the skilled worker to earn good wages . There was ...
Page 370
... Sydney in his work as an auctioneer . As a magistrate he was sagacious and shrewd , but his want of education and of feelings of self - respect had on more than one occasion exposed the magisterial office to contempt . Fulton on the ...
... Sydney in his work as an auctioneer . As a magistrate he was sagacious and shrewd , but his want of education and of feelings of self - respect had on more than one occasion exposed the magisterial office to contempt . Fulton on the ...
Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 23 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY | 61 |
THE BEGINNING OF SYDNEY COVE | 73 |
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