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Page 84
... sailed in October by South Australian , with surveyor F. W. Litchfield and police , J. P. Stow rep- resenting English landholders , Mr and Mrs Bauer , first settlers , Mrs Pack- ard , a surveyor's wife , and her child . On 14th December ...
... sailed in October by South Australian , with surveyor F. W. Litchfield and police , J. P. Stow rep- resenting English landholders , Mr and Mrs Bauer , first settlers , Mrs Pack- ard , a surveyor's wife , and her child . On 14th December ...
Page 86
... sailed the silver mazes of Camden Harbour to find that " glorious Glenelg " River was salt . The " noble forests " had faded into red crags and bush - fires . The " waving pastures " were that Biblical grass " which today is , and ...
... sailed the silver mazes of Camden Harbour to find that " glorious Glenelg " River was salt . The " noble forests " had faded into red crags and bush - fires . The " waving pastures " were that Biblical grass " which today is , and ...
Page 178
... sailed Black Jack Reid in the schooner Good Intent , with a cargo of Thursday Island rum . He dumped a tankful , worth £ 700 , in charge of his wife under the Leichhardt trees , and made off with the rest to catch the mobs at Roper Bar ...
... sailed Black Jack Reid in the schooner Good Intent , with a cargo of Thursday Island rum . He dumped a tankful , worth £ 700 , in charge of his wife under the Leichhardt trees , and made off with the rest to catch the mobs at Roper Bar ...
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Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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