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The Moravians , who hitherto have been most successful wherever the prospects seemed least promising , have lately sent out two missionaries to Port Phillip ; the result of their labour is yet unknown . It seems a law of Nature that ...
The Moravians , who hitherto have been most successful wherever the prospects seemed least promising , have lately sent out two missionaries to Port Phillip ; the result of their labour is yet unknown . It seems a law of Nature that ...
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... and no less important to the statesman , in determining to what regions the surplus population of . Great Britain may be sent with most advantage , where EMIGRATION . 41 it will produce most , of the.
... and no less important to the statesman , in determining to what regions the surplus population of . Great Britain may be sent with most advantage , where EMIGRATION . 41 it will produce most , of the.
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The Population Return for Van Diemen's Land is that for 1847 : in the last two years 13,478 emigrants have been sent , at the expense of the public , to New South Wales ; 12,348 to Port Phillip ; and 11,100 to South Australia .
The Population Return for Van Diemen's Land is that for 1847 : in the last two years 13,478 emigrants have been sent , at the expense of the public , to New South Wales ; 12,348 to Port Phillip ; and 11,100 to South Australia .
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... 500 a year , in addition to the usual proportions of the sexes sent out by the Emigration Commissioners , might find employment there for years to come ; especially if sent out in small numbers at a time , say 40 or 50 per month ...
... 500 a year , in addition to the usual proportions of the sexes sent out by the Emigration Commissioners , might find employment there for years to come ; especially if sent out in small numbers at a time , say 40 or 50 per month ...
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60 EXPENSE OF PASSAGE . school of morality and industry , and it is to be apprehended , from the numbers already sent out and remaining unemployed in the Emigrants ' Barracks , —from the class of employers to which the Board has been ...
60 EXPENSE OF PASSAGE . school of morality and industry , and it is to be apprehended , from the numbers already sent out and remaining unemployed in the Emigrants ' Barracks , —from the class of employers to which the Board has been ...
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acres advantage afford agricultural America amount annual believed benefit Britain cattle climate colonists colony consideration consist contained cost course demand Diemen's Land district emigrants England establishment evil exist expense Exports fact families flocks formed funds future give Government greater growth head hope houses Imports improve increase inhabitants instance interest invested labour leave less live means native nature never object observation obtained once perhaps persons population Port Phillip portion position possesses present probably produce progress prosperity prove purchased pursuits reason religion remain result scarcely secured sent settlement settlers sheep society sold sometimes South Australia South Wales squatter statements station success supply Sydney taken tallow town trade wages wants wealth wool 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...
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| Título | The New Colony of Victoria, Formly Port Phillip: With Some Account of the Other Australian Colonies |
| Autor | John Fitzgerald Leslie Foster |
| Editor | T. Saunders, 1851 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 1 Oct 2007 |
| N.º de páginas | 85 páginas |
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