A History of New South, Wales: From Its Settlement to the Close of the Year 1844, Volume 1 |
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... increase of distress was somewhat abated by the loss through death of a number of the prisoners on their passage out . In this manner , penury and privation , amounting almost to starvation , assailed the colony for three years . There ...
... increase of distress was somewhat abated by the loss through death of a number of the prisoners on their passage out . In this manner , penury and privation , amounting almost to starvation , assailed the colony for three years . There ...
Page 21
... increase the influence of the military was , that the interregnums which occurred during their stay in New South ... increasing , while that of the former was broken , and depen- dent upon the disposition of the one party who 22 GOVERNOR ...
... increase the influence of the military was , that the interregnums which occurred during their stay in New South ... increasing , while that of the former was broken , and depen- dent upon the disposition of the one party who 22 GOVERNOR ...
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... increased during the next five years , that the Governor was at length induced to embark for England , again leaving the administration to the commander of the colonial corps , in order to obtain leave and means for completely ...
... increased during the next five years , that the Governor was at length induced to embark for England , again leaving the administration to the commander of the colonial corps , in order to obtain leave and means for completely ...
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... increasing flocks and herds of the colonists ; and it was only by meeting with natural supplies of land and herbage in the interior from time to time , as the extending and valuable flocks demanded more room and nurture , that the ...
... increasing flocks and herds of the colonists ; and it was only by meeting with natural supplies of land and herbage in the interior from time to time , as the extending and valuable flocks demanded more room and nurture , that the ...
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... increased to fully a hundred thousand , besides supplying for twelve years a very large item of local consumption . In the year 1819 , the tenth year of his administration , the export in wool amounted to more than 70,000 lbs . , at a ...
... increased to fully a hundred thousand , besides supplying for twelve years a very large item of local consumption . In the year 1819 , the tenth year of his administration , the export in wool amounted to more than 70,000 lbs . , at a ...
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