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On 26 May 1768 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and given command
of the expedition to observe the transit of Venus at Tahiti and to search for a
continent in the south seas . Yet on all this , on the cradle of the man , he
remained ...
On 26 May 1768 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and given command
of the expedition to observe the transit of Venus at Tahiti and to search for a
continent in the south seas . Yet on all this , on the cradle of the man , he
remained ...
Page 171
48 repress sedition or revolt , might be trusted to hold religious services under
certain conditions.47 With such hopes he drafted the regulations to be observed
by the Reverend Mr Dixon and the Catholic congregations : they were to observe
...
48 repress sedition or revolt , might be trusted to hold religious services under
certain conditions.47 With such hopes he drafted the regulations to be observed
by the Reverend Mr Dixon and the Catholic congregations : they were to observe
...
Page 188
... of Van Diemen's Land , where they were delighted to observe the contrast
between the shores of the inlet , which were covered with grass and wood down
to the water's edge , and the rocky sterile banks observed in sailing up Port
Jackson .
... of Van Diemen's Land , where they were delighted to observe the contrast
between the shores of the inlet , which were covered with grass and wood down
to the water's edge , and the rocky sterile banks observed in sailing up Port
Jackson .
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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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