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... ship from Europe to Melbourne would take more than one hundred days , and then the mail must find its way to the bush . Perhaps the sheer difficulty of correspondence encouraged the emigrant women to make the best possible use of their ...
... ship from Europe to Melbourne would take more than one hundred days , and then the mail must find its way to the bush . Perhaps the sheer difficulty of correspondence encouraged the emigrant women to make the best possible use of their ...
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... ship . I have seen two sharks one was close by the side of the ship . They look to have such great heads , and as they rise near the surface they send up a very pale blue light . The birds are lovely . The boatswain and steward have ...
... ship . I have seen two sharks one was close by the side of the ship . They look to have such great heads , and as they rise near the surface they send up a very pale blue light . The birds are lovely . The boatswain and steward have ...
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... ship wreck his kindness seemed to be all vanished and [ another ] spirit might have [ taken ] position of him he [ would ] go on Deck or about [ his ] own pleasure i saw [ it ] and felt it too but [ said ] nothing some of [ my ] ship ...
... ship wreck his kindness seemed to be all vanished and [ another ] spirit might have [ taken ] position of him he [ would ] go on Deck or about [ his ] own pleasure i saw [ it ] and felt it too but [ said ] nothing some of [ my ] ship ...
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Anna Cook and Ellen Moger | 19 |
Louisa Clifton | 39 |
Annie Baxter | 86 |
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