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Fruits and roots of every kind would flourish were they once brought thither and
planted and cultivated by the hand of industry , as there was provender for more
cattle at all seasons of the year than ever could be brought into the country.37 ...
Fruits and roots of every kind would flourish were they once brought thither and
planted and cultivated by the hand of industry , as there was provender for more
cattle at all seasons of the year than ever could be brought into the country.37 ...
Page 149
In addition , the settlers were obliged to employ an inordinate quantity of labour ,
as all agricultural work was still done by hand , without assistance from either
horses or oxen.79 The payments of those ex - convicts who hired themselves out
as ...
In addition , the settlers were obliged to employ an inordinate quantity of labour ,
as all agricultural work was still done by hand , without assistance from either
horses or oxen.79 The payments of those ex - convicts who hired themselves out
as ...
Page 208
The hand of Providence , they believed , had chastised them : and the same
hand of Providence had also extended itself in many instances miraculously to
save lives . Or so they thought , for the idea of God's malice never darkened their
...
The hand of Providence , they believed , had chastised them : and the same
hand of Providence had also extended itself in many instances miraculously to
save lives . Or so they thought , for the idea of God's malice never darkened their
...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia: From the earliest times to the age of Macquarie Volume 1 of A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 8 Apr 2009 |
| ISBN | 052284054X, 9780522840544 |
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