Colonial Australia, 1841-1874 |
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Page 6
... nearly double ; but so rapidly are our commercial relations with brother Jonathan extending , that we should think the imports from America during the first three months of the present year will have nearly equalled those of the ...
... nearly double ; but so rapidly are our commercial relations with brother Jonathan extending , that we should think the imports from America during the first three months of the present year will have nearly equalled those of the ...
Page 134
... nearly completed . It is a tower , composed of white Sydney sand - stone , in blocks averaging half a ton each in weight . Its height , when finished , will be 76 feet , its diameter , 22 ; and it is not an exaggeration to state , that ...
... nearly completed . It is a tower , composed of white Sydney sand - stone , in blocks averaging half a ton each in weight . Its height , when finished , will be 76 feet , its diameter , 22 ; and it is not an exaggeration to state , that ...
Page 214
... nearly trebled , largely through net immigration , although the increase was almost entirely confined to the eastern mainland colonies . The Victorian goldfields were the chief magnets , and the population of that colony increased nearly ...
... nearly trebled , largely through net immigration , although the increase was almost entirely confined to the eastern mainland colonies . The Victorian goldfields were the chief magnets , and the population of that colony increased nearly ...
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