Cooksland in North-eastern Australia: The Future Cottonfield of Great Britain: Its Characteristics and Capabilities for European Colonization. With a Disquisition on the Origin, Manners, and Customs of the AboriginesLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847 - 496 páginas |
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... Brisbane Town for ornamental furniture and fancy ca- binet - work - for which , from their rich and beautiful appearance , they are well adapted , and would doubt- less bring a high price in London or Paris . To the northward of Moreton ...
... Brisbane Town for ornamental furniture and fancy ca- binet - work - for which , from their rich and beautiful appearance , they are well adapted , and would doubt- less bring a high price in London or Paris . To the northward of Moreton ...
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... Brisbane River , near Brisbane Town , was drained at a very considerable expense , under the idea that it would be well adapted for the growth of rice , and the Superin- tendent had it sown accordingly ; but instead of sowing the grain ...
... Brisbane River , near Brisbane Town , was drained at a very considerable expense , under the idea that it would be well adapted for the growth of rice , and the Superin- tendent had it sown accordingly ; but instead of sowing the grain ...
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... Brisbane and Logan Rivers , and Toorbal , in Bribie's Island Passage , close ... town was proposed within a mile of this Point . There is a natural jetty of ... town to the pier GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES . 33.
... Brisbane and Logan Rivers , and Toorbal , in Bribie's Island Passage , close ... town was proposed within a mile of this Point . There is a natural jetty of ... town to the pier GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES . 33.
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... town to the pier - head . There is an abundant supply of fresh water within half a mile of the proposed town . A considerable portion of land adjacent to the Point , and the intervening coun- try from the mouth of the Brisbane to the ...
... town to the pier - head . There is an abundant supply of fresh water within half a mile of the proposed town . A considerable portion of land adjacent to the Point , and the intervening coun- try from the mouth of the Brisbane to the ...
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... town . The passage forms a good harbour , well sheltered from all winds . A direct line of road could be formed from ... Brisbane , in a letter ad- dressed to myself , of date , Upper Brisbane , 17th May , 1846 , " is the projecting ...
... town . The passage forms a good harbour , well sheltered from all winds . A direct line of road could be formed from ... Brisbane , in a letter ad- dressed to myself , of date , Upper Brisbane , 17th May , 1846 , " is the projecting ...
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Cooksland in North-eastern Australia: The Future Cottonfield of Great ... John Dunmore Lang Visualização integral - 1847 |
Cooksland in North-eastern Australia, the Future Cotton-field of Great ... John Dunmore Lang Visualização integral - 1847 |
Cooksland in North-eastern Australia: The Future Cotton-field of Great ... John Dunmore Lang Visualização de excertos - 1970 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Aborigines Aborigines of Australia acres alluvial appeared ascertained banks black natives black-fellows branch Brisbane River Brisbane Town brush called Captain cattle Clarence River climate coast Colony colour considerable Cooksland cotton course creeks cultivation Darling Downs distance district east eastward emigration entrance European expedition extent favourable feet fish flats Flinders forest Government grass Gulf of Carpentaria head huts island labour lagoons land latitude latter Leichhardt Logan River miles missionaries Moreton Bay mountains navigable North Pine River north-west northern northward observed Papuan race party passage passed Pernambuco persons Pine plains population Port Essington Port Phillip portion rain range ridges sandstone scrub Settlement sheep Shoal Bay side skin soil South Wales Southern southward spears species Squatters Station stream swamp Sydney tea-tree territory of Cooksland timber tion trees tribe vessel water-holes westward whole
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Página 36 - Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit ; 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...
Página 382 - Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah : the same is a great city.
Página 264 - And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable ; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
Página 360 - Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen, in so many countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distinction between these breeds of men.
Página 468 - ... hath made of one blood all the nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Página 493 - I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Excellency's most obedient, humble servant, TL MITCHELL, Surveyor-General. To his Excellency the Governor of New South Wales. Camp on the River Balonne, in long. 148° 46' 45
Página 9 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide...
Página 382 - Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Página 364 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the LORD.
Página 265 - The discoveries of ancient and modern navigators, and the domestic history or tradition of the most enlightened nations, represent the human savage naked both in mind and body, and destitute of laws, of arts, of ideas, and almost of language.