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Page 51
Of their character Cook wrote with surprising fondness: a timorous and
inoffensive race, he found them, in no ways inclinable to cruelty. Of their
achievements in culture he wrote more unfavourably, finding their tools very bad,
their houses ...
Of their character Cook wrote with surprising fondness: a timorous and
inoffensive race, he found them, in no ways inclinable to cruelty. Of their
achievements in culture he wrote more unfavourably, finding their tools very bad,
their houses ...
Page 177
With a becoming simplicity, Flinders wrote the answer to the problem which had
agitated the minds of people interested in New Holland ever since the Duyfken
sailed into Carpentaria, and 't Gulden Seepaart to the islands of St Peter and St ...
With a becoming simplicity, Flinders wrote the answer to the problem which had
agitated the minds of people interested in New Holland ever since the Duyfken
sailed into Carpentaria, and 't Gulden Seepaart to the islands of St Peter and St ...
Page 310
Despite Sorell's flagrant flouting of the seventh commandment Macquarie wrote
of him as a man of good understanding, firmness and integrity.” On Wylde and
Field he was even more enthusiastic and hopeful, predicting to Bathurst in April ...
Despite Sorell's flagrant flouting of the seventh commandment Macquarie wrote
of him as a man of good understanding, firmness and integrity.” On Wylde and
Field he was even more enthusiastic and hopeful, predicting to Bathurst in April ...
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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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