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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Page 145
... Grey was wounded . But they failed to reach the Swan , baffled by the sandstone range which barred their progress . Grey ventured to attack the problem again in 1839 , when he discovered the Gascoyne River . In his Travels in North West ...
... Grey was wounded . But they failed to reach the Swan , baffled by the sandstone range which barred their progress . Grey ventured to attack the problem again in 1839 , when he discovered the Gascoyne River . In his Travels in North West ...
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... Grey . But the ministry had no intention of honouring the promises of the Commissioners to the landowners and emigrants , or of maintaining a large expenditure until the transition period was past . Hence Grey was instructed to ...
... Grey . But the ministry had no intention of honouring the promises of the Commissioners to the landowners and emigrants , or of maintaining a large expenditure until the transition period was past . Hence Grey was instructed to ...
Page 336
... Grey's proposals , but they were not practical politics in Great Britain . Lord Grey did not want a new empire in the Pacific . He feared the expense , in- dependently of other reasons - doubtless , foreign complications . The offer ...
... Grey's proposals , but they were not practical politics in Great Britain . Lord Grey did not want a new empire in the Pacific . He feared the expense , in- dependently of other reasons - doubtless , foreign complications . The offer ...
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