A History of Australia: From the earliest times to the age of MacquarieMelbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 61
... 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 ...
Page 342
... labour on public works in the towns convinced him of the wisdom of employing them with the settlers . He received many letters from settlers expressing their wish to employ such labour which convinced him that Macquarie's argument that ...
... labour on public works in the towns convinced him of the wisdom of employing them with the settlers . He received many letters from settlers expressing their wish to employ such labour which convinced him that Macquarie's argument that ...
Page 343
... labour.29 At the same time others were making some sharp comments on Macquarie's use of convicts on govern- ment works , especially buildings . By this system , they told Bigge , the labour of an immense proportion of the persons ...
... labour.29 At the same time others were making some sharp comments on Macquarie's use of convicts on govern- ment works , especially buildings . By this system , they told Bigge , the labour of an immense proportion of the persons ...
Contents
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 41 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY | 61 |
THE BEGINNING OF SYDNEY COVE | 81 |
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