The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 116A. Constable, 1862 |
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... King George's Sound , in the years 1840-41 , sent by the Colonists of Australia , with the sanction and support of the Government ; including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines , and the state VOL . CXVI . NO ...
... King George's Sound , in the years 1840-41 , sent by the Colonists of Australia , with the sanction and support of the Government ; including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines , and the state VOL . CXVI . NO ...
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... King George's Sound , around Cape Leeuwin , the nucleus of a settlement destined to ex- pand into the Colony of Western Australia , though without any material increase of population . Of the immense North - West Coast , stretching ...
... King George's Sound , around Cape Leeuwin , the nucleus of a settlement destined to ex- pand into the Colony of Western Australia , though without any material increase of population . Of the immense North - West Coast , stretching ...
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... King George's Sound , Captain Grey took ship to Adelaide , to meet the regular Australian passenger vessels , on his return to England . And to him the people of Adelaide now eagerly applied for information of the North - West Coast ...
... King George's Sound , Captain Grey took ship to Adelaide , to meet the regular Australian passenger vessels , on his return to England . And to him the people of Adelaide now eagerly applied for information of the North - West Coast ...
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... King George's Sound was certainly immense , the coast line anything but inviting ; but might it not be worth while to ascertain , by practical experi- ment , the possibility of driving sheep overland thither ? Would not such an ...
... King George's Sound was certainly immense , the coast line anything but inviting ; but might it not be worth while to ascertain , by practical experi- ment , the possibility of driving sheep overland thither ? Would not such an ...
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... King George's Sound and Swan River had been the subject of dis- cussion in Adelaide . They lay at the extremity of the South Coast , but was it likely that they were confined to the ex- tremity of the South Coast ? Was it likely that a ...
... King George's Sound and Swan River had been the subject of dis- cussion in Adelaide . They lay at the extremity of the South Coast , but was it likely that they were confined to the ex- tremity of the South Coast ? Was it likely that a ...
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