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Page 69
Following these disappointments, the Spanish virtually abandoned exploration of
the south-west Pacific and the task of defining the mysterious southern land more
precisely passed to Holland, an emerging trading state. Following the ...
Following these disappointments, the Spanish virtually abandoned exploration of
the south-west Pacific and the task of defining the mysterious southern land more
precisely passed to Holland, an emerging trading state. Following the ...
Page 127
The crossing of the Great Dividing Range immediately to the west of Sydney
marked a turning-point in land exploration and the invasion of the continent. The
three pastoralists returned with descriptions of excellent pastoral land, and by ...
The crossing of the Great Dividing Range immediately to the west of Sydney
marked a turning-point in land exploration and the invasion of the continent. The
three pastoralists returned with descriptions of excellent pastoral land, and by ...
Page 133
Native-born son of an early, 30-acre settler, Hume had made his first journey of
exploration as far as Berrima in 1812, aided by an Aboriginal boy. In 1818, in a
party which included ex-convict James Meehan, Hume reached southwards to
the ...
Native-born son of an early, 30-acre settler, Hume had made his first journey of
exploration as far as Berrima in 1812, aided by an Aboriginal boy. In 1818, in a
party which included ex-convict James Meehan, Hume reached southwards to
the ...
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Contents
Blueprint for Growth | 1 |
Thirty Acres | 32 |
Hunters and Collectors | 63 |
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| Title | The Oxford History of Australia: 1770-1860, possessions Volume 2 of The Oxford History of Australia, Geoffrey Bolton, ISBN 0195546121, 9780195546125 |
| Editor | Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 Dec 2017 |
| ISBN | 0195546105, 9780195546101 |
| Length | 426 pages |
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