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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... Wentworth obtained a following , and he used the occasion of Bris- bane's departure to secure the insertion of political paragraphs in a complimentary address . This was adopted at a public meeting which was induced by Wentworth to ...
... Wentworth obtained a following , and he used the occasion of Bris- bane's departure to secure the insertion of political paragraphs in a complimentary address . This was adopted at a public meeting which was induced by Wentworth to ...
Page 154
... Wentworth were strained to breaking point . The Governor declared that Wentworth was aiming at independence for the colony , and a dictatorship for himself . He thought , however , that the exclusive influence was strong enough to ...
... Wentworth were strained to breaking point . The Governor declared that Wentworth was aiming at independence for the colony , and a dictatorship for himself . He thought , however , that the exclusive influence was strong enough to ...
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... Wentworth at that stage . Lowe was perhaps the most brilliant man in the colony , but was buoyantly unstable . When Wentworth was insisting on his three points with the relentless di- rection and repetition of a steam hammer , and was ...
... Wentworth at that stage . Lowe was perhaps the most brilliant man in the colony , but was buoyantly unstable . When Wentworth was insisting on his three points with the relentless di- rection and repetition of a steam hammer , and was ...
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