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Page 115
20 The only course , as he saw it , was to strengthen the hands of the more
respectable and to improve , if possible , the moral character of the inferior class
of settlers which , he believed , sank lower and lower from the want of those
outward ...
20 The only course , as he saw it , was to strengthen the hands of the more
respectable and to improve , if possible , the moral character of the inferior class
of settlers which , he believed , sank lower and lower from the want of those
outward ...
Page 260
As for migrant labour , the settlers feared the colony would be saturated with a
class of persons worse than convicts , because they would be far less under
control . Government , they believed , had been seduced by the example of
America ...
As for migrant labour , the settlers feared the colony would be saturated with a
class of persons worse than convicts , because they would be far less under
control . Government , they believed , had been seduced by the example of
America ...
Page 296
They were told it was true that if the whole of the convict population were taken
away , then their imports would be diminished and the ostentatious luxuriance of
the settlers would be checked . The settler would have to employ his sons on his
...
They were told it was true that if the whole of the convict population were taken
away , then their imports would be diminished and the ostentatious luxuriance of
the settlers would be checked . The settler would have to employ his sons on his
...
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Contents
THE SETTING IN NEW SOUTH WALES | 21 |
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE | 57 |
THE NATIVE SON OFFENDS GROSSLY | 67 |
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