The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... Western Africa.3 What Britain has Britain holds might be an appropriate description of her frontier policy . She would not surrender to the state of Maine land in dispute with New Brunswick , the resistance was prompt and effective ...
... Western Africa.3 What Britain has Britain holds might be an appropriate description of her frontier policy . She would not surrender to the state of Maine land in dispute with New Brunswick , the resistance was prompt and effective ...
Page 434
... Western Australia at a minimum of £ 1 per acre . The same price prevailed in New South Wales , where the prospects were at the moment more advantageous . It was not likely that an intending settler would pay £ 1 per acre for land in Western ...
... Western Australia at a minimum of £ 1 per acre . The same price prevailed in New South Wales , where the prospects were at the moment more advantageous . It was not likely that an intending settler would pay £ 1 per acre for land in Western ...
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... WESTERN AUSTRALIA 435 But during 1845-6 public opinion began to swing round to the opposite view , notwithstanding that the Governor , John Hutt , pointed to the manner in which the other Australian colonies had freed them- selves ...
... WESTERN AUSTRALIA 435 But during 1845-6 public opinion began to swing round to the opposite view , notwithstanding that the Governor , John Hutt , pointed to the manner in which the other Australian colonies had freed them- selves ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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