Handbook to Australasia: Being a Brief Historical and Descriptive Account of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia, and New ZealandWilliam Fairfax W. Fairfax and Company, 1859 - 244 sivua |
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Sivu xxvii
... return to Britain . The Royal Georg imported the first cargo of these exiles to this colony in November , 1844. The transaction was a species of social smuggling , for it was kept in concealment that they were exiles until they were ...
... return to Britain . The Royal Georg imported the first cargo of these exiles to this colony in November , 1844. The transaction was a species of social smuggling , for it was kept in concealment that they were exiles until they were ...
Sivu xxxii
... return of Earl Grey was carried by a triumphant majority ; a letter was sent to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies by Mr. M'Combie , the proposer of Earl Grey , explaining the whole of the circumstances of the peculiar case ...
... return of Earl Grey was carried by a triumphant majority ; a letter was sent to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies by Mr. M'Combie , the proposer of Earl Grey , explaining the whole of the circumstances of the peculiar case ...
Sivu lii
... return laid before the Legislature nearly three years ago by the Surveyor- General , at 55,571,84 acres , or 86,831 square miles ; that is , Victoria is nearly as large as England , Scotland , and Wales united ; England having 50,922 ...
... return laid before the Legislature nearly three years ago by the Surveyor- General , at 55,571,84 acres , or 86,831 square miles ; that is , Victoria is nearly as large as England , Scotland , and Wales united ; England having 50,922 ...
Sivu lix
... return to England , he gives a brief description of his own observations - made during a stay of only twelve days - on the structure of the country in the immediate vicinity of Melbourne and Geelong ; he also recapitulates the ...
... return to England , he gives a brief description of his own observations - made during a stay of only twelve days - on the structure of the country in the immediate vicinity of Melbourne and Geelong ; he also recapitulates the ...
Sivu lxv
... returns of exports from Victoria . The figures , however , are exclusive of the large amount carried away by private hand , and which is known to have been very considerable previous to the legislative enact- ment imposing an export ...
... returns of exports from Victoria . The figures , however , are exclusive of the large amount carried away by private hand , and which is known to have been very considerable previous to the legislative enact- ment imposing an export ...
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acres Adelaide agricultural amount appointed Ararat arrived Asylum Avoca Ballaarat Bank Beechworth Board branch Brighton building Castlemaine chapels Chief Church of England Collingwood Collins-street colonists colony commenced Commissioner Company Court Creek Crown district duties east elected erected established exports feet formed gaol Geelong Gipps gold gold-fields Goulburn Government Governor grant harbor Hill Hobart Town Hobson's Bay House immigrants increase Institute John Kilda Kyneton land Launceston Legislative Council license Lodge Maryborough Master Melbourne ment miles from Melbourne mining ministers municipality Murray Murray River Ovens River payment police population Port Albert Port Phillip Port Phillip Bay Portland Post Office Presbyterian present principal Railway resident revenue Richmond River road Roman Catholic Sandhurst Secretary ships Society South Australia South Wales steam streets Superintendent Sydney Tasmania tion township Treasury vessels Vict Victoria Vide Warrnambool Wesleyan Williamstown Yarra
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Sivu 96 - Spirits or strong waters, not being sweetened or mixed with any article so that the degree of strength thereof cannot be ascertained by Sykes...
Sivu 96 - 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 104 - An Act to provide, until the First Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, and until the End of the next Session of Parliament, for the better Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, and for the more effectual Government thereof; and for other Purposes relating thereto.
Sivu xvi - All that tract of country situate and being at Port Phillip running from the branch of the river at the top of the port about seven miles from the mouth of the river Forty miles north-east and from thence west Forty miles across Iramoo downs or plains and from thence south southwest across Mount Vilaurmanartar to Geelong Harbour at the head of the same...
Sivu 180 - Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative Council.
Sivu 208 - Is. 3d. ; wine, in wood and bottle, containing less than 25 per cent. of alcohol of a specific gravity of '825 at the temperature of 60 degrees, Fahrenheit's thermometer, the gallon, 8s.
Sivu 97 - It has never been his wish to make that day any other than a day of devotion and rest, but circumstances compel him to employ it in labour. In this the whole are concerned, since the sooner we are enabled to leave this unpromising and unproductive country, the sooner shall we be able to reap the advantages and enjoy the comforts of a more fertile spot...
Sivu xxxvi - That any form of constitution which may be proposed for the colony, for some years to come at least, which takes the government out of the hands of a governor, executive, and nominee council, and substitutes for the latter a representative body, will be ill-suited to its real state and position, and will render the administration of its government as a distinct colony, upon whomsoever it may devolve, a task of exceedingly great difficulty and responsibility .
Sivu 101 - On a near examination, however, this vegetation is discovered to possess much gracefulness in the form both of species and of individual trees, and many delicate or minute shades in its verdure, which, combined with the ever changing ash-grey colour of the shedding bark of the Eucalyptce, the undulating and often broken surface upon which it thrives, and the resplendent sky above, present a world of interest and attraction. Frequently, it is so grouped as to exhibit contrasts of surpassing beauty,...
Sivu cv - Moral Order, instituted by virtuous men, with the praiseworthy design of recalling to our remembrance the most sublime truths, in the midst of the most innocent and social pleasures — founded on liberality, brotherly love, and charity.