The History of New South Wales from Its First Discovery to the Present Time: Comprising an Accurate and Interesting Description of that Vast and Remarkable Country and of the Persons, Manners and Customs of the Natives : with a Succinct Detail of the Establishment and Progress of the English Colony : to which is Added a Description of Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk Island : with Reflections on the Importance of the Southern ContinentMackenzie and Dent, 1811 - 624 pages |
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... miles . The first anchorage he made was in Shark's Bay , so named by him from the abundance of that voracious fish he found there , in latitude 25 degrees south . He describes the coun- try which he visited as being fenced by a chain of ...
... miles . The first anchorage he made was in Shark's Bay , so named by him from the abundance of that voracious fish he found there , in latitude 25 degrees south . He describes the coun- try which he visited as being fenced by a chain of ...
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... miles each way , without , however , affecting much rigour in the limitation , the claim of New Holland to be called a continent will be indis- putable : The greatest extent of that vast.country being , from east to west , about two ...
... miles each way , without , however , affecting much rigour in the limitation , the claim of New Holland to be called a continent will be indis- putable : The greatest extent of that vast.country being , from east to west , about two ...
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... miles , and , from north to south , not less than two thousand three hundred . : CHAP . II . Preparation of the Fleet ordered to Botany Bay - Particulars of its Arrangement - Departure and passage to the Canary Islands - Leaves ...
... miles , and , from north to south , not less than two thousand three hundred . : CHAP . II . Preparation of the Fleet ordered to Botany Bay - Particulars of its Arrangement - Departure and passage to the Canary Islands - Leaves ...
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... miles ; had touched at the Ameri- can and African continents ; and had at last rested within a few days sail of the Antipodes of their native country , with- out meeting any accident , in a fleet of eleven sail , nine of which were ...
... miles ; had touched at the Ameri- can and African continents ; and had at last rested within a few days sail of the Antipodes of their native country , with- out meeting any accident , in a fleet of eleven sail , nine of which were ...
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... miles across , Port Jackson gradually extends in a noble and capacious bason , having soundings sufficient for the largest vessels , and space to accommodate , in perfect security , any number that could be assembled . It runs chiefly ...
... miles across , Port Jackson gradually extends in a noble and capacious bason , having soundings sufficient for the largest vessels , and space to accommodate , in perfect security , any number that could be assembled . It runs chiefly ...
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Page 20 - Where Sydney Cove her lucid bosom swells, Courts her young navies and the storm repels, High on a rock, amid the troubled air, Hope stood sublime, and wav'd her golden hair...
Page 522 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt.
Page 583 - No person shall be liable to be tried and punished by a general court-martial for any offence which shall appear to have been committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial, unless the person, by reason of having absented himself, or some other manifest impediment, shall not have been amenable to justice within that period.
Page 533 - By the Command of His Royal Highness The Prince Regent in the Name and on the behalf of His Majesty BATHURST.
Page 564 - Atkins, more particularly, he has been accustomed to inebriety; he has been the ridicule of the community; sentences of Death have been pronounced in moments of intoxication ; his determination is weak; his opinion floating and infirm; his knowledge of the Law insignificant and subservient to private inclination...
Page 79 - ... to remit, either absolutely or conditionally, the whole or any part of the time or term for which any such felons or...
Page 123 - The word which in their language signifies father was applied to their old men ; and when, after some time, and by close observation, they perceived the authority with which Governor Phillip commanded, and the obedience which he exacted, they bestowed on him the distinguishing appellation of Be-anna, or father.
Page 271 - Stephens, into which he carried three fathoms water in the shoalest part of its entrance, finding deep water and good anchorage within. " The entrance of this river was but narrow, and covered by a high rocky island lying right off it, so as to leave a good passage round the north end of the island between that and the shore. A reef connects the south part of the island with the south of the entrance of the river.
Page 533 - Captain General and Governor in Chief of the territory of New South Wales, from lat.
Page 609 - I had understood the Government at home had particularly recommended me to his notice. He replied, ' I have heard of your concerns, sir; you have got 5,000 acres of land in the finest situation in the country ; but, by God, you shan't keep it...