The Cambridge History of the British Empire: pt. 1. Australia. pt. 2. New ZealandArthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians. CHAPTER VII THE WOOL TRADE AND THE SQUATTERS ONE of the mysteries of Australian history is the way in which wool , from being dumped in waste hillocks in Hobart and Sydney , became the ...
Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians. CHAPTER VII THE WOOL TRADE AND THE SQUATTERS ONE of the mysteries of Australian history is the way in which wool , from being dumped in waste hillocks in Hobart and Sydney , became the ...
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... wool had been reduced from sixpence to the nominal figure of a penny a pound , and a further natural protection was afforded by the decline in the quality of English " downs " wool , the nearest in character to the merino , and the ...
... wool had been reduced from sixpence to the nominal figure of a penny a pound , and a further natural protection was afforded by the decline in the quality of English " downs " wool , the nearest in character to the merino , and the ...
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... wool that could not be passed on to the consumer . For the consumer was the British market , which had other resources for wool beside Australia . It seemed , therefore , that the staple industry of the country was about to pass into a ...
... wool that could not be passed on to the consumer . For the consumer was the British market , which had other resources for wool beside Australia . It seemed , therefore , that the staple industry of the country was about to pass into a ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire: pt. 1. Australia. pt. 2. New Zealand Volume 7, Issue 1 of The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians |
| Contributor | John Holland Rose |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1933 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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