The Cambridge History of the British Empire: pt. 1. AustraliaJohn Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
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The deepest portion of these seas is a basin almost surrounded by the folds and lies south of New Britain . It is over 5000 fathoms below sea level . A rather wide gap with no connecting submarine ridge separates the Solomons from the ...
The deepest portion of these seas is a basin almost surrounded by the folds and lies south of New Britain . It is over 5000 fathoms below sea level . A rather wide gap with no connecting submarine ridge separates the Solomons from the ...
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a DUFFY AND COLONIAL NEUTRALITY 525 a dissolution , which are in abeyance in Great Britain.1 Clearly this view of the position of the Governor makes an appointment free from all local implications an imperative necessity .
a DUFFY AND COLONIAL NEUTRALITY 525 a dissolution , which are in abeyance in Great Britain.1 Clearly this view of the position of the Governor makes an appointment free from all local implications an imperative necessity .
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Australians had investments in Fiji , and when in 1874 Great Britain at length annexed the islands2 and appointed a High Commissioner of the Western Pacific , several colonies offered to pay a small contribution .
Australians had investments in Fiji , and when in 1874 Great Britain at length annexed the islands2 and appointed a High Commissioner of the Western Pacific , several colonies offered to pay a small contribution .
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