Sydney and Melbourne: With Remarks on the Present State and Future Prospects of New South Wales, and Practical Advice to Emigrants of Various Classes: to which is Added a Summary of the Route Home by India, Egypt, &c |
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... Monied Immigrants - Folly of the Colonists in writing home Exaggerated Accounts of the De- pression - Straitened means of the Church - Extracts from Letters of Bishop Broughton to the Society for the Propagation of Χ CONTENTS .
... Monied Immigrants - Folly of the Colonists in writing home Exaggerated Accounts of the De- pression - Straitened means of the Church - Extracts from Letters of Bishop Broughton to the Society for the Propagation of Χ CONTENTS .
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... Church has a large and very handsome stone edifice , while the Roman Catholic , the Presby- terian , and many Dissenting portions of the popula- tion , have also their several places of worship , some of a superior description , with ...
... Church has a large and very handsome stone edifice , while the Roman Catholic , the Presby- terian , and many Dissenting portions of the popula- tion , have also their several places of worship , some of a superior description , with ...
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... Church at present has The province is within the See of the Bishop of Australia . The medical profession is well supplied , and the merchants , the majority of whom transact business of all sorts , are also nume- The military consists ...
... Church at present has The province is within the See of the Bishop of Australia . The medical profession is well supplied , and the merchants , the majority of whom transact business of all sorts , are also nume- The military consists ...
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... churches , and other buildings , the carriages , including stage coaches , flys , and cabs , are all constructed as in England - the bustling , busy population are all English , or thoroughly Anglified ; so also are the various customs ...
... churches , and other buildings , the carriages , including stage coaches , flys , and cabs , are all constructed as in England - the bustling , busy population are all English , or thoroughly Anglified ; so also are the various customs ...
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... churches . Those of the establishment are certainly not on a par with the magnificence of the Governor's new residence and the many noble mansions of the mer- chants . A cathedral more befitting the growing numbers and importance of the ...
... churches . Those of the establishment are certainly not on a par with the magnificence of the Governor's new residence and the many noble mansions of the mer- chants . A cathedral more befitting the growing numbers and importance of the ...
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