The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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... of marque attacked and captured Spanish vessels ; and the prizes taken in the Pacific were brought to Port Jackson . The first of these , the Nuestra Señora de Bethlehem , was brought in by a prize crew in 1799 , and declared ...
... of marque attacked and captured Spanish vessels ; and the prizes taken in the Pacific were brought to Port Jackson . The first of these , the Nuestra Señora de Bethlehem , was brought in by a prize crew in 1799 , and declared ...
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posed and brought many home . By the irony of fate , many of these precipitate fortune hunters must have passed over Mount Morgan which was later discovered to be a veritable mountain of ore , and was estimated to be worth £ 8,000,000 .
posed and brought many home . By the irony of fate , many of these precipitate fortune hunters must have passed over Mount Morgan which was later discovered to be a veritable mountain of ore , and was estimated to be worth £ 8,000,000 .
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Enmity between selectors and squatters brought compulsory resumption of runs about 1876 , but the slow occupation of the re- sumed runs by grazing farmers led the McIlwraith ministry in 1882 to grant a truce to the squatters in renewed ...
Enmity between selectors and squatters brought compulsory resumption of runs about 1876 , but the slow occupation of the re- sumed runs by grazing farmers led the McIlwraith ministry in 1882 to grant a truce to the squatters in renewed ...
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