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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Page 72
... Officers were permitted to engage in private trading , to distil spirit from the grain which they grew with convict labour , and to make large profits on the sale of this pestilent stuff . They established a monopoly over all imported ...
... Officers were permitted to engage in private trading , to distil spirit from the grain which they grew with convict labour , and to make large profits on the sale of this pestilent stuff . They established a monopoly over all imported ...
Page 102
... officers of the Corps , and the privates also , had by this time made Macarthur's cause their own . A mutiny was imminent.1 On the following morning , January 26 , Macarthur was arrested and lodged in the common gaol . The six officers ...
... officers of the Corps , and the privates also , had by this time made Macarthur's cause their own . A mutiny was imminent.1 On the following morning , January 26 , Macarthur was arrested and lodged in the common gaol . The six officers ...
Page 248
... officers and non - commissioned officers . Latrobe's police were afterwards severely criticised by his successor , Sir Charles Hotham : " The gold - fields have been the resort of young officers possessing no particular qualifications ...
... officers and non - commissioned officers . Latrobe's police were afterwards severely criticised by his successor , Sir Charles Hotham : " The gold - fields have been the resort of young officers possessing no particular qualifications ...
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