Colonial Australia, 1788-1840 |
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... whole number of people victualled amounts to 966 - consequently we have only the labour of a part to provide for the whole .... I could have wished to have given your Lordship a more pleasing account of our present situation ; and am ...
... whole number of people victualled amounts to 966 - consequently we have only the labour of a part to provide for the whole .... I could have wished to have given your Lordship a more pleasing account of our present situation ; and am ...
Page 488
... whole system of convict discipline , by lengthening the hours of work , ending the payment of wages , establishing chain gangs and founding the penal settlement at Port Arthur as the sole place of confinement for convicts undergoing ...
... whole system of convict discipline , by lengthening the hours of work , ending the payment of wages , establishing chain gangs and founding the penal settlement at Port Arthur as the sole place of confinement for convicts undergoing ...
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... whole , from what I heard more than from what I saw , I was disappointed in the state of Society . The whole community is rancorously divided into parties on almost every subject . Amongst those who from their station of life , ought to ...
... whole , from what I heard more than from what I saw , I was disappointed in the state of Society . The whole community is rancorously divided into parties on almost every subject . Amongst those who from their station of life , ought to ...
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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