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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... Lord Sydney who , perplexed by the more pressing question of disposing of the convicts awaiting transportation , clutched at the idea of establishing a colony for that purpose . Young was then called in to advise upon the practical ...
... Lord Sydney who , perplexed by the more pressing question of disposing of the convicts awaiting transportation , clutched at the idea of establishing a colony for that purpose . Young was then called in to advise upon the practical ...
Page 61
... Lord Sydney chose Captain Arthur Phillip , R.N. , to be the first Governor of the projected colony . We have no information as to how Phillip was brought under his notice ; but there is a letter from Lord Howe , First Lord of the ...
... Lord Sydney chose Captain Arthur Phillip , R.N. , to be the first Governor of the projected colony . We have no information as to how Phillip was brought under his notice ; but there is a letter from Lord Howe , First Lord of the ...
Page 357
... Lord Kimberley ( 11 December 1882 ) and the Royal Colonial Institute took up the matter again . Lord Derby , who had just succeeded Kimberley at the Colonial Office , replied " that the question is one which Her Majesty's Government are ...
... Lord Kimberley ( 11 December 1882 ) and the Royal Colonial Institute took up the matter again . Lord Derby , who had just succeeded Kimberley at the Colonial Office , replied " that the question is one which Her Majesty's Government are ...
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