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 should be conducted by the usual officers , and the Wakefield system of land sales and emigration by Commissioners appointed by the Crown . The leading purpose was to be the founding of a philan- thropic colony , and frequent ...
... ment should be conducted by the usual officers , and the Wakefield system of land sales and emigration by Commissioners appointed by the Crown . The leading purpose was to be the founding of a philan- thropic colony , and frequent ...
Page 348
... 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 , 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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