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 63
... Port Jackson , which was marked upon Cook's chart to the northward of Botany Bay . Cook had never entered the harbour ; he had noted the entrance from a distance of between two and three miles , and named it after an Admiralty official ...
... Port Jackson , which was marked upon Cook's chart to the northward of Botany Bay . Cook had never entered the harbour ; he had noted the entrance from a distance of between two and three miles , and named it after an Admiralty official ...
Page 73
... Port Jackson.1 Indeed , the inhabitants , though having little to offer to the visitors , strove to make their abode agreeable , and welcomed them as giving “ a pleasant diversity to the dull routine that commonly prevailed in the town ...
... Port Jackson.1 Indeed , the inhabitants , though having little to offer to the visitors , strove to make their abode agreeable , and welcomed them as giving “ a pleasant diversity to the dull routine that commonly prevailed in the town ...
Page 82
... Port Jackson would be very easy " , since the English had neglected every means of defence . It would be possible to make a descent through Broken Bay , or even through the port of Sydney itself . The south shore of the harbour was ...
... Port Jackson would be very easy " , since the English had neglected every means of defence . It would be possible to make a descent through Broken Bay , or even through the port of Sydney itself . The south shore of the harbour was ...
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