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Page 28
Was first on board the Surprize. Went down amongst the convicts, where I beheld
a sight truly shocking to the feelings of humanity, a great number of them laying,
some half and others nearly quite naked, without either bed or bedding, unable ...
Was first on board the Surprize. Went down amongst the convicts, where I beheld
a sight truly shocking to the feelings of humanity, a great number of them laying,
some half and others nearly quite naked, without either bed or bedding, unable ...
Page 30
In them I should have some resource; and amongst them proper people might be
found to act in different capacities, at little or no expence to Government, for as
the number of convicts and others increase civil magistrates, &c., will be ...
In them I should have some resource; and amongst them proper people might be
found to act in different capacities, at little or no expence to Government, for as
the number of convicts and others increase civil magistrates, &c., will be ...
Page 192
The convicts in the service of Government, are divided into gangs, - every gang
has an overseer, and every two or three gangs a superintendent; these are
frequently chosen from amongst those convicts who best conduct themselves.
The convicts in the service of Government, are divided into gangs, - every gang
has an overseer, and every two or three gangs a superintendent; these are
frequently chosen from amongst those convicts who best conduct themselves.
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| Title | Colonial Australia, 1788-1840 A Documentary History of Australia, Francis Keble Crowley Volume 1 of A Documentary History of Australia: Colonial Australia, 1788-1900, Francis Keble Crowley Volume 1 of Colonial Australia, Francis Keble Crowley |
| Author | Francis Keble Crowley |
| Publisher | Nelson, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 8 Apr 2009 |
| ISBN | 0170054063, 9780170054065 |
| Length | 621 pages |
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