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 209
... gave little incitement to progress . The station was well administered by Captain J. Wakefield , Lieutenant G. Sleeman and Collet Barker , who overcame many of the difficulties created by nature , isolation and sickness . In 1830 ...
... gave little incitement to progress . The station was well administered by Captain J. Wakefield , Lieutenant G. Sleeman and Collet Barker , who overcame many of the difficulties created by nature , isolation and sickness . In 1830 ...
Page 394
... gave the Victorian leaders their cue . A sharp agita- tion against all home - working at low rates revealed that such work was too general and too essential in eking out a living in the over- populated capital to be declared illegal ...
... gave the Victorian leaders their cue . A sharp agita- tion against all home - working at low rates revealed that such work was too general and too essential in eking out a living in the over- populated capital to be declared illegal ...
Page 437
... gave a definite rallying ground to its friends , also gave a definite target to its critics , and its critics were many . It was , as every federal constitution must be , a compromise . Neither large colonies nor small colonies ...
... gave a definite rallying ground to its friends , also gave a definite target to its critics , and its critics were many . It was , as every federal constitution must be , a compromise . Neither large colonies nor small colonies ...
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