The British Colonies: Their History, Extent, Condition and Resources, Nide 4London Printing and Publishing Company, 1850 |
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Sivu 583
... clothed with nutritious grasses , adorned with fine timber , and offering charming sites for farms or country residences . The spur which bounds the southern limit of that area , and another , which , on the western side of the chain ...
... clothed with nutritious grasses , adorned with fine timber , and offering charming sites for farms or country residences . The spur which bounds the southern limit of that area , and another , which , on the western side of the chain ...
Sivu 584
... clothed with trees ( chiefly black butt and blue gum eucalypti ) , measuring from six to eight feet in diameter to its very summit , about 3,000 feet high , which is spacious , easily accessible , even on horse- back , and covered ...
... clothed with trees ( chiefly black butt and blue gum eucalypti ) , measuring from six to eight feet in diameter to its very summit , about 3,000 feet high , which is spacious , easily accessible , even on horse- back , and covered ...
Sivu 593
... clothed with the tea - tree , scrub , and vinous plants . On the northern side of the island are several small lagoons We now arrive at the majestic headland or waterholes , situated a little distance in- which forms the southern ...
... clothed with the tea - tree , scrub , and vinous plants . On the northern side of the island are several small lagoons We now arrive at the majestic headland or waterholes , situated a little distance in- which forms the southern ...
Sivu 600
... clothed with good grass , but with occasional belts of scrub , extends along the eastern bank of the Loddon river . How Williamstown ( the sea - port town of Mel- bourne ) whose early pretensions have been so effectually overshadowed by ...
... clothed with good grass , but with occasional belts of scrub , extends along the eastern bank of the Loddon river . How Williamstown ( the sea - port town of Mel- bourne ) whose early pretensions have been so effectually overshadowed by ...
Sivu 604
... clothed with timber ; the coast range of coast line of about three hundred miles . mountains approaches nearer to the ocean , The inland boundary is marked by the and narrows the expanse of forest into a vast Strzelecki range and ...
... clothed with timber ; the coast range of coast line of about three hundred miles . mountains approaches nearer to the ocean , The inland boundary is marked by the and narrows the expanse of forest into a vast Strzelecki range and ...
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aborigines acres Adelaide appears banks Barossa Range Cape Cape Jervis Captain cattle cent church Clerkenwell coast Colonel colonists colony Company copper creek crown Diemen's district ditto east eastward emigrants Encounter Bay England entrance extends fathoms feet females Flinders formed Gawler Geelong Glenelg governor grant grassy Grey gulf harbour hills Hindmarsh inlet island kangaroo labour Lake land limestone London Majesty's Majesty's government Maker males Manufacturer Melbourne ment Merchant miles mineral Mount Barker Mount Lofty Mount Lofty range mountains Murray native nearly north-east Perth plains Point population Port Lincoln Port Phillip portion Portland Bay Rapid Bay revenue ridges rocks salt sand sandstone sandy settlement settlers sheep ships shore side slate soil South Australia South Wales stream Sturt Swan River Sydney timber tion Torrens Total town trees valley vessels Western Australia Western Port wool Yarra Yarra
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Sivu 697 - For every gallon of such spirits or strong Waters, of any strength not exceeding the strength of proof by Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, viz.
Sivu 574 - Victoria is bounded on the north and north-east by a straight line drawn from Cape Howe to the nearest source of the river Murray, thence by the course of that river to the eastern boundary of South Australia, or 141° E.
Sivu 622 - ... raised in every part of this realm ; which things thus used be principally to the high displeasure of Almighty God, to the decay of the hospitality of this realm, to the diminishing of the king's people, and to the let of the cloth making, whereby many poor people have been accustomed to be set on work ; and in conclusion, if remedy be not found, it may turn to the utter destruction and desolation of this realm, which God defend.
Sivu 622 - Sussex, lately deceased, was not put in, wrapt up, or wound up, or buried in any shirt, shift, sheet, or shroud, made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold, or silver, or other than what is made of sheep's wool only...
Sivu 713 - ... strewed with wrecks — the hills and borders of the rivers studded with deserted and half-finished buildings — bear witness to these consequences, and speak of brave men, delicate females, and helpless children perishing by hundreds on a desert coast from want of food, of shelter, and even of water, and surrounded by armed hordes of angry savages.
Sivu 710 - ... all the land not so cultivated or improved, into the public chest of the settlement; and, at the expiration of seven years more, so much of the whole grant as should remain in an uncultivated or unimproved state was to revert absolutely to the Crown.
Sivu 579 - ... or less distant, form the nucleus of a new and flourishing settlement, interchanging with the districts at present occupied in the vicinity of Sydney many articles of internal commerce, and contributing to expedite the general occupation, by the people of this kingdom or their descendants, of those vast territories in which our national wealth and industry have already, in the last half century, converted an unproductive waste into two great and flourishing provinces. In producing and multiplying...
Sivu 578 - Providence, and the latter would certainly require more labour than can at present be obtained in the colony, or immigration profitably supply. Independently of these powerful reasons for allowing dispersion, it is not to be disguised that the government is unable to prevent it. No adequate measures could be resorted to for the general, and permanent removal of intruders from waste lands, without incurring probably a greater expense than would be sufficient to extend a large share of the control...
Sivu 667 - Then answered I them, and said unto them, "The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build : but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
Sivu 579 - The motives which are urging mankind, especially in these days of general peace and increasing population, to break through the restraints which would forbid their settling themselves and their families in such situations, are too strong to be encountered with effect by ordinary means. To engage in such a struggle would be wholly irrational. All that remains for the government in such circumstances, is to assume the guidance and direction of enterprizes, which, though it cannot prevent or retard,...