Cooksland in North-eastern Australia: The Future Cottonfield of Great Britain: Its Characteristics and Capabilities for European Colonization. With a Disquisition on the Origin, Manners, and Customs of the AboriginesLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847 - 496 páginas |
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... observed by Clement Hodgkinson , Esq . , the Government Surveyor of the M'Leay District ) on the banks of the Cowhallie Creek - a small stream that falls into the Pacific about the 30th parallel of south latitude , between the Bellinger ...
... observed by Clement Hodgkinson , Esq . , the Government Surveyor of the M'Leay District ) on the banks of the Cowhallie Creek - a small stream that falls into the Pacific about the 30th parallel of south latitude , between the Bellinger ...
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... Observations of Mr. Uniacke , a gentleman of great promise , who had accompanied Mr. Öxley on his expedition to the north- ward , but who died shortly after his return in Syd- ney . During the examination of Port Curtis , Mr. Uniacke ...
... Observations of Mr. Uniacke , a gentleman of great promise , who had accompanied Mr. Öxley on his expedition to the north- ward , but who died shortly after his return in Syd- ney . During the examination of Port Curtis , Mr. Uniacke ...
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... observed in many of the trees , at least sixty feet above the level of the water , the wrack which had been de- posited by successive inundations . On the banks we saw three or four different kinds of timber , but the small quantity ...
... observed in many of the trees , at least sixty feet above the level of the water , the wrack which had been de- posited by successive inundations . On the banks we saw three or four different kinds of timber , but the small quantity ...
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... observations of Mr. Oxley , there is only a depth of two fathoms at the very entrance of the passage ; but as a gradual deposit of sand and mud has evidently been forming over the whole expanse of Moreton Bay for many ages past , it is ...
... observations of Mr. Oxley , there is only a depth of two fathoms at the very entrance of the passage ; but as a gradual deposit of sand and mud has evidently been forming over the whole expanse of Moreton Bay for many ages past , it is ...
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... observe that either of two heads , which bore from the vessel S.W. by W. , and W. by N. , behind which there was some appearance of an inlet , might be mistaken for the South Head of the Bay . " It was not likely that any vessel from ...
... observe that either of two heads , which bore from the vessel S.W. by W. , and W. by N. , behind which there was some appearance of an inlet , might be mistaken for the South Head of the Bay . " It was not likely that any vessel from ...
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Cooksland in North-eastern Australia: The Future Cotton-field of Great ... John Dunmore Lang Vista de fragmentos - 1970 |
Términos y frases comunes
Aborigines Aborigines of Australia acres alluvial appeared ascertained banks black natives black-fellows branch Brisbane River Brisbane Town brush called Captain cattle Clarence River climate coast Colony colour considerable Cooksland cotton course creeks cultivation Darling Downs distance district east eastward emigration entrance European expedition extent favourable feet fish flats Flinders forest Government grass Gulf of Carpentaria head huts island labour lagoons land latitude latter Leichhardt Logan River miles missionaries Moreton Bay mountains navigable North Pine River north-west northern northward observed Papuan race party passage passed Pernambuco persons Pine plains population Port Essington Port Phillip portion rain range ridges sandstone scrub Settlement sheep Shoal Bay side skin soil South Wales Southern southward spears species Squatters Station stream swamp Sydney tea-tree territory of Cooksland timber tion trees tribe vessel water-holes westward whole
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Página 36 - Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit ; 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...
Página 382 - Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah : the same is a great city.
Página 468 - ... hath made of one blood all the nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Página 9 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats.
Página 382 - Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Página 493 - I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Excellency's most obedient, humble servant, TL MITCHELL, Surveyor-General. To his Excellency the Governor of New South Wales. Camp on the River Balonne, in long. 148° 46' 45
Página 264 - And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
Página 141 - ... and what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land.
Página 265 - From this abject condition, perhaps the primitive and universal state of man, he has gradually arisen to command the animals, to fertilize the earth, to traverse the ocean, and to measure the heavens.
Página 129 - And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey ; and this is the fruit of it.