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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... ment protested against seizures of natives in the Loyalty Islands . The Government of Queensland passed an Act in 1868 to regulate the introduction and treatment of Polynesian labourers , but , as it was difficult to control the ...
... ment protested against seizures of natives in the Loyalty Islands . The Government of Queensland passed an Act in 1868 to regulate the introduction and treatment of Polynesian labourers , but , as it was difficult to control the ...
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... ment from Singapore proved to be mainly gaolbirds and pirates , " a poor diseased lot of creatures " .1 Gold caused no permanent white settlement . A Port Augusta and Overland Railway Act passed in 1862 had authorised the Government to ...
... ment from Singapore proved to be mainly gaolbirds and pirates , " a poor diseased lot of creatures " .1 Gold caused no permanent white settlement . A Port Augusta and Overland Railway Act passed in 1862 had authorised the Government to ...
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... ment , however , was not popular , and Sir Edmund Barton's Govern- ment suffered at the next election as a result . ' In 1907 Deakin proposed the reconsideration of this agreement with a view to the establishment of an Australian navy ...
... ment , however , was not popular , and Sir Edmund Barton's Govern- ment suffered at the next election as a result . ' In 1907 Deakin proposed the reconsideration of this agreement with a view to the establishment of an Australian navy ...
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