A History of Australia: From the earliest times to the age of MacquarieMelbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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... Oxley , the surveyor - general of lands who , Macquarie believed , was well qualified from his general and scientific knowledge and liberal education . Born in 1783 at Kirkham Abbey near Westow in Yorkshire , Oxley had entered the navy ...
... Oxley , the surveyor - general of lands who , Macquarie believed , was well qualified from his general and scientific knowledge and liberal education . Born in 1783 at Kirkham Abbey near Westow in Yorkshire , Oxley had entered the navy ...
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... Oxley to call halt in anguish on the banks of the Lachlan . The first man who had followed the Dutch advice of 1644 , that he who might wish to know this country must first walk over it , had sent up a cry of despair . For days together ...
... Oxley to call halt in anguish on the banks of the Lachlan . The first man who had followed the Dutch advice of 1644 , that he who might wish to know this country must first walk over it , had sent up a cry of despair . For days together ...
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... Oxley , Scott and others , on the shores of Lake Bathurst on 26 October . Both parties proceeded from there to Lake George two days later . While at Lake George , Throsby attempted unsuccessfully to find ' Murrumbidgie ' , but found ...
... Oxley , Scott and others , on the shores of Lake Bathurst on 26 October . Both parties proceeded from there to Lake George two days later . While at Lake George , Throsby attempted unsuccessfully to find ' Murrumbidgie ' , but found ...
Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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