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Page 279
... passed , and the news did not augur well for Britain , all sorts of rumours began to circulate and many people behaved as though the Russian navy were patrolling the Australian coastline . A visitor to Melbourne at the time recalled an ...
... passed , and the news did not augur well for Britain , all sorts of rumours began to circulate and many people behaved as though the Russian navy were patrolling the Australian coastline . A visitor to Melbourne at the time recalled an ...
Page 459
... passed wholly to his eldest son . It was proposed that in future such property be divided among the widow and children . When passed , the legislation became a model for other Australian legislatures , though they varied in the detailed ...
... passed wholly to his eldest son . It was proposed that in future such property be divided among the widow and children . When passed , the legislation became a model for other Australian legislatures , though they varied in the detailed ...
Page 569
... passed by the Legislative Assembly but rejected by the Legislative Council . The McCulloch government then proposed that the whole grant should continue for five more years , but that it should cease entirely at the end of 1875. As on ...
... passed by the Legislative Assembly but rejected by the Legislative Council . The McCulloch government then proposed that the whole grant should continue for five more years , but that it should cease entirely at the end of 1875. As on ...
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