The New Colony of Victoria, Formly Port Phillip: With Some Account of the Other Australian ColoniesT. Saunders, 1851 - 85 páginas |
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... acre . In general , the system of husbandry is wretched : grain - crops , manure , rotation of crops , fallowing , & c . , are seldom heard of ; making a stranger wonder at the produce of this ill - treated soil . It is worthy of ...
... acre . In general , the system of husbandry is wretched : grain - crops , manure , rotation of crops , fallowing , & c . , are seldom heard of ; making a stranger wonder at the produce of this ill - treated soil . It is worthy of ...
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... acres . lent on mortgages of land was £ 202,646 , and on security of live stock and wool £ 328,000 . Sydney , its capital , situated on one of the finest ports in the world , is estimated to contain nearly 50,000 inhabitants , enjoying ...
... acres . lent on mortgages of land was £ 202,646 , and on security of live stock and wool £ 328,000 . Sydney , its capital , situated on one of the finest ports in the world , is estimated to contain nearly 50,000 inhabitants , enjoying ...
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... acre in clearing , according as it may be fern or forest ; how , under these circumstances , can agriculture pay in New Zealand , with wages nearly three times as high as in Van Diemen's Land , and the original cost of the land se much ...
... acre in clearing , according as it may be fern or forest ; how , under these circumstances , can agriculture pay in New Zealand , with wages nearly three times as high as in Van Diemen's Land , and the original cost of the land se much ...
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... acre , which is generally found too high to leave a gain to the purchaser : how then can a settler afford to pay £ 3 at Canterbury ? or £ 2 at Otago , or £ 1 at Wellington ? Are these widely varied prices purely fanciful ? or which is ...
... acre , which is generally found too high to leave a gain to the purchaser : how then can a settler afford to pay £ 3 at Canterbury ? or £ 2 at Otago , or £ 1 at Wellington ? Are these widely varied prices purely fanciful ? or which is ...
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... acres in cultivation . The sheep were in number 784,000 ; the Imports £ 410,825 ; Exports £ 310,348 : of these Exports £ 174,000 consisted of mineral ores , the property of only a few individuals , and therefore less beneficial to the ...
... acres in cultivation . The sheep were in number 784,000 ; the Imports £ 410,825 ; Exports £ 310,348 : of these Exports £ 174,000 consisted of mineral ores , the property of only a few individuals , and therefore less beneficial to the ...
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aborigines acres advantage afford agricultural America amount annual annum Australian colonies AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY benefit boundless Britain Cape cattle cent climate colonists convict cost crime Crown revenues demand for labour depasturing Diemen's Land district Emigration Commissioners England establishment evil expense Exports families flocks Government hope horses House of Lords immigrants Imports increase inhabitants instance interest invested less means Melbourne ment ministers of religion mother country nation nature neighbouring obtained Parramatta pastoral penal Phillip and South Poor Law Unions population Port Phillip position possesses probably produce progress prosperity prove purchased pursuits Ragged Schools scarcely secured sent settlement settlers sheep shepherd soil sold South Australia South Wales proper squatter statements station success supply Swan River Sydney tion town trade United Kingdom Van Diemen's Land wages wants wealth WESTERN AUSTRALIA wild wool and tallow Zealand
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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...