Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia, During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government: Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c., &c. London, T. and W. Boone, 1841, Volume 2Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 - Australia |
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Page 184
... colony to colony . Urged on by the hope of profit , they have overcome difficulties of no ordinary kind , which have made the more timid and weak - hearted quail , and relinquish the enterprises in which they were engaged ; whilst the ...
... colony to colony . Urged on by the hope of profit , they have overcome difficulties of no ordinary kind , which have made the more timid and weak - hearted quail , and relinquish the enterprises in which they were engaged ; whilst the ...
Page 195
... colony of New South Wales ; but a new and fertile field for enterprise opened to them in the establishment of the colony of South Aus- tralia , which , as before stated , was in December , 1836 ; and many an enterprising mind instantly ...
... colony of New South Wales ; but a new and fertile field for enterprise opened to them in the establishment of the colony of South Aus- tralia , which , as before stated , was in December , 1836 ; and many an enterprising mind instantly ...
Page 204
... colony or for un- settled lands - New Zealand , -the Sandwich Islands , -the Indian Archipelago - it matters not ... colonists . He , who has seen several cities rise , can judge to a nicety , from local circumstances , upon what site ...
... colony or for un- settled lands - New Zealand , -the Sandwich Islands , -the Indian Archipelago - it matters not ... colonists . He , who has seen several cities rise , can judge to a nicety , from local circumstances , upon what site ...
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