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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... success , as there were neither local productions nor any progressive land policy to assist their operations . In 1840 Lord John Russell rejected a typical Wakefield scheme for the founda- tion of a trading town by the sale of city ...
... success , as there were neither local productions nor any progressive land policy to assist their operations . In 1840 Lord John Russell rejected a typical Wakefield scheme for the founda- tion of a trading town by the sale of city ...
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... success , but even in this case , mis- understanding of climatic conditions and faults in the system of colonisation hindered progress and caused distress . The Wakefield theory , when applied by the unbusinesslike and inexperienced Com ...
... success , but even in this case , mis- understanding of climatic conditions and faults in the system of colonisation hindered progress and caused distress . The Wakefield theory , when applied by the unbusinesslike and inexperienced Com ...
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... success . But was it success ? Between 1895 and 1900 the colony lost 75,000 of its people by emigration , chiefly to the goldfields of Western Australia . The growth of its people numbered less than one - fourth of the natural increase ...
... success . But was it success ? Between 1895 and 1900 the colony lost 75,000 of its people by emigration , chiefly to the goldfields of Western Australia . The growth of its people numbered less than one - fourth of the natural increase ...
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