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 من الصفحات |
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... spears , fizgigs , gum , or other articles , which it was soon perceived they were accus- tomed to leave under the rocks , or loose and scattered about upon the beaches . There was , however , great reason to believe , that these pre ...
... spears , fizgigs , gum , or other articles , which it was soon perceived they were accus- tomed to leave under the rocks , or loose and scattered about upon the beaches . There was , however , great reason to believe , that these pre ...
الصفحة 31
... spears , in one of the huts of the natives ; but no intelligence of the man could be gained . There could be little doubt that the convicts had been the aggressors , though the man who returned strongly denied having given any kind of ...
... spears , in one of the huts of the natives ; but no intelligence of the man could be gained . There could be little doubt that the convicts had been the aggressors , though the man who returned strongly denied having given any kind of ...
الصفحة 35
... spear driven through it , another through his body , and one arm broken . Some people were sent out to bury him ; and in the course of the month the parties who went by the spot for vegetables reported that his body was three times ...
... spear driven through it , another through his body , and one arm broken . Some people were sent out to bury him ; and in the course of the month the parties who went by the spot for vegetables reported that his body was three times ...
الصفحة 62
... spears were thrown , but happily no further mischief was ef- fected . The spear was with difficulty broken by one of the gentlemen present ; and while the Governor was walking down to the boat the people landed with the arms ; but of ...
... spears were thrown , but happily no further mischief was ef- fected . The spear was with difficulty broken by one of the gentlemen present ; and while the Governor was walking down to the boat the people landed with the arms ; but of ...
الصفحة 63
... spear at the Governor was entirely the effect of his fears , and done from the impulse of self - preservation . In the night of the 26th , a desertion of an extraordinary nature took place . Five male convicts conveyed themselves , in a ...
... spear at the Governor was entirely the effect of his fears , and done from the impulse of self - preservation . In the night of the 26th , a desertion of an extraordinary nature took place . Five male convicts conveyed themselves , in a ...
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acres appeared arms arrived attended Bennillong Bligh boat Botany Bay Broken Bay brought Cape Captain cargo cattle circumstance coast Colonel Colonel Paterson colony command Court Cove ditto employed England erected feet female convicts fire fish Flinders Governor Governor Bligh Governor Hunter Governor Phillip ground hand harbour Hawkesbury head Hill hundred huts inhabitants labour land Lieutenant Lieutenant-Governor M'Arthur magistrates maize Majesty's Major Johnston male convicts ment miles month murder natives necessary Norfolk Island observed occasion officers Parramatta party persons Port Jackson pounds present prisoners procure provisions punishment purpose quantity ration received river sailed savages seen sent settlement settlers ship shore side Sirius situation soldiers soon South Wales corps spear spirits Supply Sydney Sydney Cove taken tion transport trees Van Dieman's Land vessel voyage weather wheat women woods wounded
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الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 533 - By the Command of His Royal Highness The Prince Regent in the Name and on the behalf of His Majesty BATHURST.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 79 - ... to remit, either absolutely or conditionally, the whole or any part of the time or term for which any such felons or...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 533 - Captain General and Governor in Chief of the territory of New South Wales, from lat.
الصفحة 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...