The Three Colonies of Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia: Their Pastures, Copper Mines, & Gold FieldsSaxton, 1860 - 408 páginas |
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... feet , according to the Spanish proverb , " turn all the earth they touch to gold , " and cattle by tens of thousands , that may compare with the best of Durham , or Here- ford , or Devon , and horses as swift and untiring as ever ...
... feet , according to the Spanish proverb , " turn all the earth they touch to gold , " and cattle by tens of thousands , that may compare with the best of Durham , or Here- ford , or Devon , and horses as swift and untiring as ever ...
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... feet in a very few hours . These floods are not periodical . Until 1806 none of importance had occurred ; the people had settled down on the rich " interval " land , the deposit of former overflowings . Crops , houses , and many ...
... feet in a very few hours . These floods are not periodical . Until 1806 none of importance had occurred ; the people had settled down on the rich " interval " land , the deposit of former overflowings . Crops , houses , and many ...
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... feet in height . Necessity forced upon the colonists the idea of again searching for a passage across the Blue Mountains . The attempt had been unsuccessfully made by sev eral early colonists ; amongst others , by the brave Surgeon Bass ...
... feet in height . Necessity forced upon the colonists the idea of again searching for a passage across the Blue Mountains . The attempt had been unsuccessfully made by sev eral early colonists ; amongst others , by the brave Surgeon Bass ...
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... feet . Down this Mr. Cox had constructed a road to which the governor gave the name of Cox's Pass , and to the ridge , Mount York . * On descending the pass , the first pasture land and soil fit for cultivation appeared , watered by two ...
... feet . Down this Mr. Cox had constructed a road to which the governor gave the name of Cox's Pass , and to the ridge , Mount York . * On descending the pass , the first pasture land and soil fit for cultivation appeared , watered by two ...
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... feet above the level of the sea , separated from Twofold Bay by a lofty range of mountains , over which there is now a dray - track , were explored by Captain Currie , R. N. , who named them Brisbane Downs , but they have since reverted ...
... feet above the level of the sea , separated from Twofold Bay by a lofty range of mountains , over which there is now a dray - track , were explored by Captain Currie , R. N. , who named them Brisbane Downs , but they have since reverted ...
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