The Present State of Australia: Including New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australian Victoria and New Zealand |
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The Present State of Australia: Including New South Wales, Western Australia ... Henry Melville No preview available - 2020 |
The Present State of Australia: Including New South Wales, Western Australia ... Henry Saxelby Melville No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 129 - The General Parliament shall have power to make Laws for the peace, welfare and good Government of the Federated Provinces (saving the Sovereignty of England), and especially Laws respecting the following subjects: — 1.
Page 107 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmeu and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 9 - This mountain is covered by a dense forest, with the exception of a level spot of about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width...
Page 186 - ... into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...
Page 168 - Under all the circumstances the sentence that I feel it my duty to pronounce upon you is, that you be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years.
Page 129 - Council to pa.ss, or for the Governor to assent to any bill appropriating to the public service any sum...
Page 103 - ... if from any cause they should be unable to obtain it elsewhere. The emigrants will, however, be at perfect liberty to engage themselves to any one willing to employ them, and will make their own bargain for wages.
Page 65 - ... flour, and six shirts, delivered to us by John Batman, residing in Van Diemen's Land, Esquire, but at present sojourning with us and our tribe...
Page 129 - Majesty's subjects within such colonies : provided always, that no such law shall be repugnant to the law of England, or interfere in any manner with the sale or other appropriation of the lands belonging to the Crown within any of the said colonies, or with the revenue thence arising...
Page 326 - ... granted, and not appropriated for public purposes, will be put up to sale. — The price will of course depend upon the quality of the Land, and its local situation, but no land will be sold below the rate of Five Shillings per acre. 3. — All persons proposing to purchase Lands not advertised for sale, must transmit a written application to the...