Colonial Australia, 1788-1840 |
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Page 84
... attention to the death rate among convicts sent to Botany Bay . In June 1798 the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Finance was concerned about the rising annual cost of the punishment of crime , and in particular the cost of ...
... attention to the death rate among convicts sent to Botany Bay . In June 1798 the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Finance was concerned about the rising annual cost of the punishment of crime , and in particular the cost of ...
Page 261
... attention was given to breeding sheep for wool - growing , and by the end of the 1820s wool had clearly become the staple export from both colonies . The Sydney Gazette reported on 30 September 1820 that New South Wales wool was certain ...
... attention was given to breeding sheep for wool - growing , and by the end of the 1820s wool had clearly become the staple export from both colonies . The Sydney Gazette reported on 30 September 1820 that New South Wales wool was certain ...
Page 355
... attention . No regular subscription balls have yet been set on foot ; but private ones are occasionally given ; and also three annual public balls and suppers , by the respective sons of St. George , St. Patrick , and St. Andrew , as ...
... attention . No regular subscription balls have yet been set on foot ; but private ones are occasionally given ; and also three annual public balls and suppers , by the respective sons of St. George , St. Patrick , and St. Andrew , as ...
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Aborigines acres agricultural allowed appearance arrived banks Bathurst boat Botany Bay Britain Cape Captain cattle Church coast colonists colony command Committee conduct consequence Court Cove crimes cultivation Diemen's Land district duty emancipists employed England established Excellency farm female convicts Governor King Governor Macquarie Harbour Hawkesbury Historical Records Hobart Town hope Hunter important inhabitants John Macarthur labour letter London Lord Macarthur Macquarie's magistrates Majesty's March Marsden miles military Mitchell Library months Mountains natives Norfolk Island November observed occasion officers Parramatta party persons population Port Dalrymple Port Jackson pounds present prisoners provisions punishment received Records of Australia reported respect returned River sailed sent sentenced servants settlement sheep ships shore situation Society South Wales Corps spirits supply Sydney Gazette trade transportation Trial by Jury Van Diemen's Land vessel voyage W. C. Wentworth wheat women wool