The Cambridge History of the British Empire: pt. 1. Australia; advisor Ernest ScottArthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians Cambridge University Press, 1933 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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... French agent who was then in London to negotiate for the exchange of prisoners of war , applied for and ob- tained passports for two French ships which were to be despatched to the South Seas for discovery . The two previous French ...
... French agent who was then in London to negotiate for the exchange of prisoners of war , applied for and ob- tained passports for two French ships which were to be despatched to the South Seas for discovery . The two previous French ...
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... French . Lieut . - Colonel Paterson had stated - though not directly to the Governor - that one of the French officers told him that one purpose of the expedition was to choose a site for a settlement in Van Diemen's Land . In reporting ...
... French . Lieut . - Colonel Paterson had stated - though not directly to the Governor - that one of the French officers told him that one purpose of the expedition was to choose a site for a settlement in Van Diemen's Land . In reporting ...
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... French invasion of England in 1847 the Government of New South Wales had been subject to a " regular intermittent fever about ' the defences of Port Jackson ' fearing a " praedatory attack " from French , Russians or Americans.3 R. M. ...
... French invasion of England in 1847 the Government of New South Wales had been subject to a " regular intermittent fever about ' the defences of Port Jackson ' fearing a " praedatory attack " from French , Russians or Americans.3 R. M. ...
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