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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VAN DIEMEN'S LAND 157 water ; two coal mines , one worked by Government and one by private enterprise , produced 4000 tons of coal . Trade was still essentially a trade with the United Kingdom and other British colonies .
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND 157 water ; two coal mines , one worked by Government and one by private enterprise , produced 4000 tons of coal . Trade was still essentially a trade with the United Kingdom and other British colonies .
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land was granted to applicants on no fixed principle , the result being that much of the 5,600,000 acres which had been alienated by 1830- over 90 per cent . it was argued — was lying idle and useless . Such a system , however useful it ...
land was granted to applicants on no fixed principle , the result being that much of the 5,600,000 acres which had been alienated by 1830- over 90 per cent . it was argued — was lying idle and useless . Such a system , however useful it ...
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THE WAKEFIELD SYSTEM 213 of labour in the penal colonies , where the land policy provided a striking contrast to that of the United States . While still in gaol in 1829 he published , under the editorship of Robert Gouger , A Letter ...
THE WAKEFIELD SYSTEM 213 of labour in the penal colonies , where the land policy provided a striking contrast to that of the United States . While still in gaol in 1829 he published , under the editorship of Robert Gouger , A Letter ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1933 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 9 Jul 2008 |
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