History of New South Wales from the Records, Volume 1Charles Potter, 1889 - Australia |
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... ships put to sea- ( pp . 43 , 48 , 49 , 67 , 490 ) . Phillip believed in the virtue of soap and water . The first blackfellow whom he captured and tamed in the colony was put in a tub and scrubbed , while he and his officers stood by to ...
... ships put to sea- ( pp . 43 , 48 , 49 , 67 , 490 ) . Phillip believed in the virtue of soap and water . The first blackfellow whom he captured and tamed in the colony was put in a tub and scrubbed , while he and his officers stood by to ...
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... ships of a different construction . * Lord Howe was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty on the formation of Pitt's Cabinet . He was George the Third's " favourite Admiral . " -Jesse , Memoirs , vol . iii , p . 204 . 1785 suitable ...
... ships of a different construction . * Lord Howe was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty on the formation of Pitt's Cabinet . He was George the Third's " favourite Admiral . " -Jesse , Memoirs , vol . iii , p . 204 . 1785 suitable ...
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... ships could take in a supply of live stock , seed , and fruit - trees at the Cape of Good Hope . Women from the islands . Chinese . Trade with the East . Wool . Anti - emi- grationists . A naval station . 5. One of the ships might be ...
... ships could take in a supply of live stock , seed , and fruit - trees at the Cape of Good Hope . Women from the islands . Chinese . Trade with the East . Wool . Anti - emi- grationists . A naval station . 5. One of the ships might be ...
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... ships sent out on the service . 5. The American colonists who had been loyal to the Crown in the War of Independence would find in New South Wales " a fertile , healthy soil , far preferable to their own , " where they might be ...
... ships sent out on the service . 5. The American colonists who had been loyal to the Crown in the War of Independence would find in New South Wales " a fertile , healthy soil , far preferable to their own , " where they might be ...
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... ships , as marked on the chart of their voyage from Kamschatka to Botany Bay . But if any suspicion as to their intentions had occurred to Governor Phillip , he would not have omitted to mention it No suspicion in his first despatch ...
... ships , as marked on the chart of their voyage from Kamschatka to Botany Bay . But if any suspicion as to their intentions had occurred to Governor Phillip , he would not have omitted to mention it No suspicion in his first despatch ...
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