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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66 PASTORAL INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE 261 exported from Victoria weighed not quite eight tons.1 This meant a treble saving for the squatter . In pre - gold days , his bales were ' dumped " or compressed into a smaller compass at the port ...
66 PASTORAL INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE 261 exported from Victoria weighed not quite eight tons.1 This meant a treble saving for the squatter . In pre - gold days , his bales were ' dumped " or compressed into a smaller compass at the port ...
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THE SYDNEY MINT : RAILWAYS 269 produced so little gold compared with Victoria , for inter - colonial feeling ran high in the ' fifties . It was also partly due to the fact that the British Government had unwisely limited the currency to ...
THE SYDNEY MINT : RAILWAYS 269 produced so little gold compared with Victoria , for inter - colonial feeling ran high in the ' fifties . It was also partly due to the fact that the British Government had unwisely limited the currency to ...
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additional revenue , and Victoria , in the throes of Syme's agitation for a protective tariff , rejected the simple unalterable revenue tariff . The minor colonies were helpless without them . The subsequent adoption of different ...
additional revenue , and Victoria , in the throes of Syme's agitation for a protective tariff , rejected the simple unalterable revenue tariff . The minor colonies were helpless without them . The subsequent adoption of different ...
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