The British Empire Series: AustralasiaK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1900 |
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Stran 19
... export to them convict labour , and for a long time they were mainly dependent on the aid of some thousands sent out from British prisons , for carrying on work of every kind . Up to 1891 , Western Australia , with an area of nearly ...
... export to them convict labour , and for a long time they were mainly dependent on the aid of some thousands sent out from British prisons , for carrying on work of every kind . Up to 1891 , Western Australia , with an area of nearly ...
Stran 21
... exported in minerals and metals a total of about £ 95.000,000 , gold alone amounting to over £ 45,000,000 . The latter colony produces annually about 4,000,000 tons of coal . Promising coal discoveries have also been made within the ...
... exported in minerals and metals a total of about £ 95.000,000 , gold alone amounting to over £ 45,000,000 . The latter colony produces annually about 4,000,000 tons of coal . Promising coal discoveries have also been made within the ...
Stran 22
... exported from New South Wales , in pro- ductive years , when the occasional plague of drought is absent , is over £ 10,000,000 . The Victorian wool yields about a quarter of that value . From the whole of the Australasian colonies the ...
... exported from New South Wales , in pro- ductive years , when the occasional plague of drought is absent , is over £ 10,000,000 . The Victorian wool yields about a quarter of that value . From the whole of the Australasian colonies the ...
Stran 32
... China , and after the textile wants of these countries are supplied , a large export trade in cotton and woollen goods from them will be developed , not only to the , growing populations in the Southern Hemisphere , but also 32 AUSTRALIA.
... China , and after the textile wants of these countries are supplied , a large export trade in cotton and woollen goods from them will be developed , not only to the , growing populations in the Southern Hemisphere , but also 32 AUSTRALIA.
Stran 48
... exported from the colony to America , India , & c . , will be the mainstay for future years . The secondary ... export . In addition to metals , the colony can boast of diamonds and admirable building stone . There have been pro ...
... exported from the colony to America , India , & c . , will be the mainstay for future years . The secondary ... export . In addition to metals , the colony can boast of diamonds and admirable building stone . There have been pro ...
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Stran 170 - Every book is, in an intimate sense, a circular letter to the friends of him who writes it. They alone take his meaning ; they find private messages, assurances of love, and expressions of gratitude dropped for them in every corner.
Stran iv - Except as provided in this section, this Constitution shall not impair any right which the Queen may be pleased to exercise by virtue of Her Royal prerogative to grant special leave of appeal from the High Court to Her Majesty in Council. The Parliament may make laws limiting the matters in which such leave may be asked, but proposed laws containing any such limitation shall be reserved by the Governor-General for Her Majesty's pleasure.
Stran 211 - ... a Legislative Council and a House of Assembly are constituted, called the Parliament of Tasmania. The Legislative Council is composed of eighteen members, elected by all natural-born or naturalised subjects of the Crown who possess either a freehold worth 20Z.
Stran 172 - So he rode to his death, with that careless smile, In the van of the 'Light Brigade'; So stricken by Russian grape, the cheer Rang out while he toppled back, From the shattered lungs as merry and clear As it did when it roused the pack.
Stran 177 - Oh, brave white horses ! you gather and gallop. The storm sprite loosens the gusty reins ; Now the stoutest ship were the frailest shallop In your hollow backs, or your high arch'd manes.
Stran 175 - They are rhymes rudely strung, with intent less Of sound than of words, In lands where bright blossoms are scentless, And songless bright birds. Where with fire and fierce drought on her tresses, Insatiable Summer oppresses, Sere woodlands, and sad wildernesses, And. faint flocks and herds. Where in dreariest days, when all dews end, And all winds are warm, Wild Winter's large floodgates are...
Stran 212 - Elementary education is under the control of a director working under a ministerial head. There are several valuable scholarships from the lower to the higher schools, and from the higher schools to English universities.
Stran 86 - Britons, hold your own ! IV. Sharers of our glorious past, Brothers, must we part at last? Shall we not thro' good and ill Cleave to one another still? Britain's myriad voices call, ' Sons, be welded each and all, Into one imperial whole, One with Britain, heart and soul ! One life, one flag, one fleet, one Throne ! Britons, hold your own ! POETS AND THEIR BIBLIOGRAPHIES.
Stran 176 - Child, can I tell where the garlands go? Can I say where the lost leaves veer On the brown-burnt banks, when the wild winds blow, When they drift through the dead-wood drear, Girl ! when the garlands of next year glow, You may gather again, my dear — But I go where the last year's lost leaves go At the falling of the year.
Stran 125 - I fear, its exportation to fulfill contracts as to quantity without sufficient regard to quality ; but when the necessary care is taken, it will be found to justify the encomium of Baron von Mueller, whom we all know as a competent authority, ' that for the durability of its timber it is unsurpassed by any kind of tree in any portion of the globe...