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... Mitchell Library , Sydney , enjoy a privilege which students in other countries must make long and expensive ... Mitchell Library over many years . I am also indebted to the library for permission to copy numerous documents , in ...
... Mitchell Library , Sydney , enjoy a privilege which students in other countries must make long and expensive ... Mitchell Library over many years . I am also indebted to the library for permission to copy numerous documents , in ...
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... Mitchell Library , Sydney THE FLOOD OF 1806 Late in March 1806 the Hawkesbury River rose to an unprecedented level , inundating the surrounding agricultural area and destroying almost all the crops , stacks , seeds , gardens , stock ...
... Mitchell Library , Sydney THE FLOOD OF 1806 Late in March 1806 the Hawkesbury River rose to an unprecedented level , inundating the surrounding agricultural area and destroying almost all the crops , stacks , seeds , gardens , stock ...
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... Mitchell Library , Sydney In another letter he wrote : thirty years ago this place was entirely a forest , nothing but vast rocks and lofty forest trees . the kangaroos and oposums living here in a great plenty as they now do an hundred ...
... Mitchell Library , Sydney In another letter he wrote : thirty years ago this place was entirely a forest , nothing but vast rocks and lofty forest trees . the kangaroos and oposums living here in a great plenty as they now do an hundred ...
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