A History of Australia [vol. 2]Melbourne University, 1963 - Australia |
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... labour for the colonies . Convicts sentenced to transportation were sold by their gaolers to shipping contractors who shipped them to the West Indies or the southern American colonies , where they were sold again to plantation owners ...
... labour for the colonies . Convicts sentenced to transportation were sold by their gaolers to shipping contractors who shipped them to the West Indies or the southern American colonies , where they were sold again to plantation owners ...
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... labour at the outer settlements of Newcastle , Norfolk Island , Hobart Town and Port Dalrymple was confined to the production of food , public works , and , in the case of the two new settlements of Hobart Town and Port Dalrymple ...
... labour at the outer settlements of Newcastle , Norfolk Island , Hobart Town and Port Dalrymple was confined to the production of food , public works , and , in the case of the two new settlements of Hobart Town and Port Dalrymple ...
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... labour.33 To encourage the officers and later the settlers to employ convicts , the assigned convicts were at first fed , clothed , and if neces- sary housed by the government . By 1798 the shortage of labour caused by the very few ...
... labour.33 To encourage the officers and later the settlers to employ convicts , the assigned convicts were at first fed , clothed , and if neces- sary housed by the government . By 1798 the shortage of labour caused by the very few ...
Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 23 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY | 61 |
THE BEGINNING OF SYDNEY COVE | 73 |
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