Australia as it is: Its Settlements, Farms, and Gold Fields, Том 1Colburn, 1852 - Всего страниц: 317 |
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... less hill and dale , with less compact vegetation , than in most other parts of the world . In the interior , there is a lone , barren , stony desert , totally unfit for habitation by man or beast . A more or less broken chain of ...
... less hill and dale , with less compact vegetation , than in most other parts of the world . In the interior , there is a lone , barren , stony desert , totally unfit for habitation by man or beast . A more or less broken chain of ...
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... less desert . This failure to discover a good country was , however , followed by the most brilliant successes . In 1836 , Sir T. Mitchell , after tracing the course of the Lachlan , Mur- rumbidgee , and Murray , to their junction with ...
... less desert . This failure to discover a good country was , however , followed by the most brilliant successes . In 1836 , Sir T. Mitchell , after tracing the course of the Lachlan , Mur- rumbidgee , and Murray , to their junction with ...
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... less cook . The principal weapons of the aborigines are the spear , the waddy , or club , and , since the arrival of the white man , the axe or common chopper , and small crowbar . Other weapons there are , both offensive and defen ...
... less cook . The principal weapons of the aborigines are the spear , the waddy , or club , and , since the arrival of the white man , the axe or common chopper , and small crowbar . Other weapons there are , both offensive and defen ...
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... less kindness than an English- man shows to his dog . The aborigines have no belief in God , but they believe in the existence of an evil spirit , which they call " Dibble - dibble , " and propitiate by offerings . Of this evil spirit ...
... less kindness than an English- man shows to his dog . The aborigines have no belief in God , but they believe in the existence of an evil spirit , which they call " Dibble - dibble , " and propitiate by offerings . Of this evil spirit ...
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... , and some of them are but too nu- merous . The majority of Australian snakes are more or less numerous , but as a family they are by no means so dangerous as may be supposed . With the exception of the dreaded death - AS IT IS . 43.
... , and some of them are but too nu- merous . The majority of Australian snakes are more or less numerous , but as a family they are by no means so dangerous as may be supposed . With the exception of the dreaded death - AS IT IS . 43.
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Australia as it is: Its Settlements, Farms, and Gold Fields, Том 1 Francis Lancelott Полный просмотр - 1852 |
Australia as it is: Its Settlements, Farms, and Gold Fields, Том 1 Francis Lancelott Полный просмотр - 1852 |
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Стр. 295 - ... permitted to dig, search for, or remove gold on or from any land, whether public or private, without first taking out and paying for a license in the form annexed. 2. For the present, and pending further proof of the extent of the...