Readings in Melbourne: With an Essay on the Resources and Prospects of Victoria, for the Emigrant and Uneasy ClassesLow, 1879 - 329 sivua This book addresses on English life in the city of Melbourne. They cover a period commencing with the earlier gold discoveries, and they close with the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to the colony, in the year 1868. |
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... selection . Not so . He nibbled away as before , and the bird in about two minutes had stuffed his beak with the fur of his patient friend . Occasionally , when the bird gave too energetic a dig , the kangaroo would gently put up his ...
... selection . Not so . He nibbled away as before , and the bird in about two minutes had stuffed his beak with the fur of his patient friend . Occasionally , when the bird gave too energetic a dig , the kangaroo would gently put up his ...
Sivu 88
... selected to take their height came to measure the noble- man , he found it quite impossible , as he first rose on tip- toe , then crouched down , now shrugged up his shoulders to the right , then twisted himself to the left . Upon his ...
... selected to take their height came to measure the noble- man , he found it quite impossible , as he first rose on tip- toe , then crouched down , now shrugged up his shoulders to the right , then twisted himself to the left . Upon his ...
Sivu 142
... selected , and proclaimed the site for the new city . The population increased by the year 1839 to above 6000 ; upon which the Home Government sent out an officer , Mr. Charles Joseph La Trobe , under the title of Superinten- dent , to ...
... selected , and proclaimed the site for the new city . The population increased by the year 1839 to above 6000 ; upon which the Home Government sent out an officer , Mr. Charles Joseph La Trobe , under the title of Superinten- dent , to ...
Sivu 162
... selected land for cultivation . The squatting runs in 1875 , Mr. Hayter informs us , numbered 865 ( one more than in the year 1874 ) ; their average size being 28,044 acres in 1874 and 26,552 acres in 1875. What proportions of these ...
... selected land for cultivation . The squatting runs in 1875 , Mr. Hayter informs us , numbered 865 ( one more than in the year 1874 ) ; their average size being 28,044 acres in 1874 and 26,552 acres in 1875. What proportions of these ...
Sivu 163
... selection of the farmer . The lands under licence are , as a rule , held on very easy terms , and therefore the squatter , being but human , cannot but look with an evil eye on the farmer who casts " selecting " eyes on any portion of ...
... selection of the farmer . The lands under licence are , as a rule , held on very easy terms , and therefore the squatter , being but human , cannot but look with an evil eye on the farmer who casts " selecting " eyes on any portion of ...
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