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Page 155
... took up twenty thousand acres for coffee and sugar at Beatrice Hills , and Sergison fifteen thousand acres . The Honourable James Munro of Melbourne secured ten thousand acres and sent up John MacDonald , a sugar authority of Queens ...
... took up twenty thousand acres for coffee and sugar at Beatrice Hills , and Sergison fifteen thousand acres . The Honourable James Munro of Melbourne secured ten thousand acres and sent up John MacDonald , a sugar authority of Queens ...
Page 233
... took over the management of Victoria River Downs , and " Mrs Bob ” , a sterling woman of honourable mention in We of the Never Never , was first white woman to live there . The two women who followed her died . Goldsbrough Mort , in the ...
... took over the management of Victoria River Downs , and " Mrs Bob ” , a sterling woman of honourable mention in We of the Never Never , was first white woman to live there . The two women who followed her died . Goldsbrough Mort , in the ...
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... took the boy to share his haphazard life . He did no good in Darwin . He would not work for wages . Paddy Cahill on his famous horse , St Lawrence , was now playing his game of St George and the dragon out among the crocodiles and ...
... took the boy to share his haphazard life . He did no good in Darwin . He would not work for wages . Paddy Cahill on his famous horse , St Lawrence , was now playing his game of St George and the dragon out among the crocodiles and ...
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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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