Colonial Australia, 1788-1840 |
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... Servants not obeying their orders , or absenting themselves from their Farms without leave , they are to report it to a Magistrate ; and , on conviction , the delinquents will receive a punishment equal to the offence . Attention will ...
... Servants not obeying their orders , or absenting themselves from their Farms without leave , they are to report it to a Magistrate ; and , on conviction , the delinquents will receive a punishment equal to the offence . Attention will ...
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... servants in the Australian convict colonies were subject to a disciplinary code similar in several respects to that which regulated the conduct of assigned convicts , the main difference being that free workmen could not be sentenced by ...
... servants in the Australian convict colonies were subject to a disciplinary code similar in several respects to that which regulated the conduct of assigned convicts , the main difference being that free workmen could not be sentenced by ...
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... SERVANTS Despite the extensive provisions of the New South Wales Act of 1828 ' For the Better Regulation of Servants ' , it was apparent to some employers in the mid - 1830s that in practice the law was very deficient . Free men could ...
... SERVANTS Despite the extensive provisions of the New South Wales Act of 1828 ' For the Better Regulation of Servants ' , it was apparent to some employers in the mid - 1830s that in practice the law was very deficient . Free men could ...
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