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... remarked : ' She commenced her career in Australia by offering herself as a mediator between the emigrant and employer - resisting , on the one hand , the attempts to impose on the ignorance and simplicity of the stranger ; and , on the ...
... remarked : ' She commenced her career in Australia by offering herself as a mediator between the emigrant and employer - resisting , on the one hand , the attempts to impose on the ignorance and simplicity of the stranger ; and , on the ...
Page 66
... remarked that the dialogue was ' truly Colonial – rather too much so for our taste ' , perhaps stimulated by the remarks of Harry Hearty , among whose lines were the following : - I will not say but that I enjoyed my European tour ...
... remarked that the dialogue was ' truly Colonial – rather too much so for our taste ' , perhaps stimulated by the remarks of Harry Hearty , among whose lines were the following : - I will not say but that I enjoyed my European tour ...
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... remarked that ' nothing can have a more levelling effect on society than the power of digging gold ' , and another observer , J. W. Bull , said that ' the levelling of ranks and behaviour was not at all downwards , but both ways ' . The ...
... remarked that ' nothing can have a more levelling effect on society than the power of digging gold ' , and another observer , J. W. Bull , said that ' the levelling of ranks and behaviour was not at all downwards , but both ways ' . The ...
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Adelaide amongst appearance arrived Australian colonies Ballarat banks believe Bill Brisbane Britain British bush bushrangers capital Captain Cheers Chinese Church colonists colony commenced committee constitution convicts Creek Crown December Diemen's Land diggers diggings discovery district duty elected emigrants England established feeling Geelong gold goldfields Government Governor Gulf of Carpentaria horses House immigrants important increase interest labour large number Legislative Council Legislature London Majesty's Government Melbourne miles miners months Moreton Bay Murray River natives night occasion opened opinion parliament party passed persons police political population Port Phillip present principle proposed Queensland railway remarked reported river schools settlement settlers sheep ship society South Australia South Wales squatters station streets Sydney Morning Herald Tasmania town trade transportation Van Diemen's Land Victoria vote Western Australia whole