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Flinders named it Port Lincoln , in honour of his native province.69 On 6 March they again sailed into a deep gulf , but the want of boldness in the shores and the shallowness of the water made Flinders doubt whether it belonged to a ...
Flinders named it Port Lincoln , in honour of his native province.69 On 6 March they again sailed into a deep gulf , but the want of boldness in the shores and the shallowness of the water made Flinders doubt whether it belonged to a ...
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... such marked disrespect.41 In the meantime Macquarie waited anxiously at Government House for a call to the bedside , too proud , too concerned for his dignity and honour , to go himself without an invitation from the dying Bent .
... such marked disrespect.41 In the meantime Macquarie waited anxiously at Government House for a call to the bedside , too proud , too concerned for his dignity and honour , to go himself without an invitation from the dying Bent .
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They entered the bay on which Oxley conferred the name of Port Macquarie , in honour of the original promoter of the expedition , and then turned homewards with , as Oxley put it , all those feelings which that word could inspire even ...
They entered the bay on which Oxley conferred the name of Port Macquarie , in honour of the original promoter of the expedition , and then turned homewards with , as Oxley put it , all those feelings which that word could inspire even ...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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