The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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PREFACE The origins of Australia belong to the England of the younger Pitt ; those of New Zealand to the early days of Queen Victoria . The planting of the Anglo - Saxon stock in the Southern Pacific and the rise of two young English ...
PREFACE The origins of Australia belong to the England of the younger Pitt ; those of New Zealand to the early days of Queen Victoria . The planting of the Anglo - Saxon stock in the Southern Pacific and the rise of two young English ...
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He assumed command of the ship , placed Lieutenant King , the acting commander , under arrest , and , instead of sailing for England direct , went to Hobart , where , however , Colonel Collins refused to recognise his authority .
He assumed command of the ship , placed Lieutenant King , the acting commander , under arrest , and , instead of sailing for England direct , went to Hobart , where , however , Colonel Collins refused to recognise his authority .
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a up fifteen - fold.1 England , genuinely perturbed over this question , and confronted by a menacing shortage of wool supplies in the near future , turned eagerly to the salvation offered by the convict colonies .
a up fifteen - fold.1 England , genuinely perturbed over this question , and confronted by a menacing shortage of wool supplies in the near future , turned eagerly to the salvation offered by the convict colonies .
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