Australia as it is: Its Settlements, Farms, and Gold Fields, Том 1Colburn, 1852 - Всего страниц: 317 |
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... . Thomas Thorp 8.954 88681 2v . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . VOL . I. VIEW OF ADELAIDE , SOUTH AUSTRALIA Frontispiece . VOL . II . PLAN OF SUMMER HILL AND LEWIS POND CREEKS Frontispiece . PREFACE . THE present Work commences with a brief review.
... . Thomas Thorp 8.954 88681 2v . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . VOL . I. VIEW OF ADELAIDE , SOUTH AUSTRALIA Frontispiece . VOL . II . PLAN OF SUMMER HILL AND LEWIS POND CREEKS Frontispiece . PREFACE . THE present Work commences with a brief review.
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... Diggings- Rise of Prices - Reaction - Discovery of the Turon Diggings and Lewis Hill Gold - Bathurst - Ophir - Enormous piece of Gold . - Matrix 274 298 AUSTRALIA AS IT IS . CHAPTER I. Description of Australia xii CONTENTS .
... Diggings- Rise of Prices - Reaction - Discovery of the Turon Diggings and Lewis Hill Gold - Bathurst - Ophir - Enormous piece of Gold . - Matrix 274 298 AUSTRALIA AS IT IS . CHAPTER I. Description of Australia xii CONTENTS .
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... 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 mountains ...
... 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 mountains ...
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... heels alternately on the ground , bending their bodies , and turning out the knees in imitation of kangaroos , frogs , and other animals . One of the dancers com- monly acts as clown , and excites mirth by his antics ; and the precision ...
... heels alternately on the ground , bending their bodies , and turning out the knees in imitation of kangaroos , frogs , and other animals . One of the dancers com- monly acts as clown , and excites mirth by his antics ; and the precision ...
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... hills are very numerous . I have a pet mag- pie that I brought to England with me ; it is as tame as a cat , and mischievous as a monkey , destroying or hiding anything it can ; it whis- tles several tunes , sings beautifully , and ...
... hills are very numerous . I have a pet mag- pie that I brought to England with me ; it is as tame as a cat , and mischievous as a monkey , destroying or hiding anything it can ; it whis- tles several tunes , sings beautifully , and ...
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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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aborigines abundant acres Adelaide agricultural Australian colonies Author Baroness d'Oberkirch Bathurst beautiful bound Britain bushels Captain cattle climate CO.'S NEW PUBLICATIONS coast COLBURN AND CO.'S colonists colour commence crop Crown lands cultivated Darling Downs deep discovery district dividing range Eminences farmers farms feet fertile flavour fruit gold Government grain grapes grass ground grow Hargraves hot winds Hunter river inches interesting kangaroo labour license loam LORD ROBERT MONTAGU Macquarie Macquarie river manure Marie de Medicis miles from Sydney moist Moreton Bay Mount mountain native northern numerous persons plains plant ploughed Population post 8vo produce province pruning range RAVENSCLIFFE reaped rich river rows Sam Slick season seeds settlers sheep shoots snake soil South Australia South Wales sowing sown spot succeeds Summer Hill Summer Hill Creek Sydney tion town trees trench Turon valuable varieties vegetation vine vineyard wheat wild wine wood
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