The New Colony of Victoria, Formly Port Phillip: With Some Account of the Other Australian ColoniesT. Saunders, 1851 - 85 páginas |
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... perhaps holds 5,000 , or it may be 200,000 acres , for which he pays rent to the Government at the rate of £ 2 . 10s . per annum for every 1,000 sheep the land is assessed as capable of feeding ; consisting sometimes of lightly tim ...
... perhaps holds 5,000 , or it may be 200,000 acres , for which he pays rent to the Government at the rate of £ 2 . 10s . per annum for every 1,000 sheep the land is assessed as capable of feeding ; consisting sometimes of lightly tim ...
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... perhaps , not having had the consideration even to bring them back to their fold , he may have left them in the bush , or wild dogs may have " rushed " a flock , of whom 1,000 cannot be found for several days by five or six mounted men ...
... perhaps , not having had the consideration even to bring them back to their fold , he may have left them in the bush , or wild dogs may have " rushed " a flock , of whom 1,000 cannot be found for several days by five or six mounted men ...
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... Perhaps all the district which is available is now occupied , or rather claimed by the first comers , who have secured to themselves room enough for the in- crease of their flocks and herds , and who thus preclude others from preferring ...
... Perhaps all the district which is available is now occupied , or rather claimed by the first comers , who have secured to themselves room enough for the in- crease of their flocks and herds , and who thus preclude others from preferring ...
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... perhaps , to speak of the climate of this favoured land , and the nature of the soil . The most contradictory statements have been put forward : by some , the country is repre- sented as an arid desert , parched with drought ; by others ...
... perhaps , to speak of the climate of this favoured land , and the nature of the soil . The most contradictory statements have been put forward : by some , the country is repre- sented as an arid desert , parched with drought ; by others ...
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... perhaps do not exceed twenty in the course of the year ; and if the occupations of the colonist permit it , he had better remain in his house , and he will experience no inconvenience . Unpleasant as they are , it is never impossible to ...
... perhaps do not exceed twenty in the course of the year ; and if the occupations of the colonist permit it , he had better remain in his house , and he will experience no inconvenience . Unpleasant as they are , it is never impossible to ...
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Página viii - ... domestic habits, our commercial enterprise, our laws, our institutions, our language, our literature, and our sense of religious obligation, to the more distant regions of the globe, is an enterprise worthy of the character of a great maritime nation. It is not only in its progress, the pursuit and the attainment of glory, but in its success, is the performance of a high duty, and the accomplishment of a noble destiny ; and if it can also be made subservient to the relief of pressing distress...
Página 37 - And the voice of the nightingale never is mute: Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie, And the purple of ocean is deepest in dye; Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save the spirit of man, is divine?
Página 63 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years ; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Página viii - To transplant our domestic habits, our commercial enterprise, our laws, our institutions, our language, our literature, and our sense of religious obligation, to the more distant regions of the globe, is an enterprise worthy of the character of a great maritime nation. It is not only in its progress, the pursuit and...
Página 62 - Coming to these shores one by one, and scattered through all the colonies, Presbyterians, like the Tribe of Levi, " had none inheritance in the land.
Página 74 - It is one of the characteristics of Australian society, that there are mingled through it men who have seen much of the world, and have also been more or less forced to use their minds. This gives an unusually diversified and manly tone to conversation. One may be heard to describe the delights of landing at Rio, on his outward-bound voyage, while another recommends his friends to proceed home via India and Egypt...
Página 14 - ... these pioneers of civilisation a little en beau. In a pamphlet, published in London in 1850, he affirms that there might be found among them " men retired from their professions, whether clerical, military, naval, legal, or medical ; and the younger sons of good and even noble families, who preferred seeking an active independence to pursuing the lounging life of drones in the mother country.
Página viii - Enterprise, 308 our Laws, our Institutions, our Language, our Literature, and our sense of Religious Obligation, to the more distant regions of the Globe, is an enterprise worthy of the character of a great maritime Nation. It is not only in its Progress the Pursuit and...