Statistical Account of the Seven Colonies of Australasia, Količina 9 |
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... chief objects of his expedition on that occasion . A signal station was erected on the headland from which Cook took his observation , and which is now known as Shakespeare's Head . On the 9th of November the transit of Mercury was ...
... chief objects of his expedition on that occasion . A signal station was erected on the headland from which Cook took his observation , and which is now known as Shakespeare's Head . On the 9th of November the transit of Mercury was ...
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... more valuable than spars for his ship , he proceeded to South America , carrying away in irons the Rarawa chief , Ngakinui , who had entertained him and his sick seamen with great THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND . 5.
... more valuable than spars for his ship , he proceeded to South America , carrying away in irons the Rarawa chief , Ngakinui , who had entertained him and his sick seamen with great THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND . 5.
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... chief , was drowned in the surf at Callao . After voyaging westward for nearly three weeks Cook , on the 19th April , 1770 , sighted the eastern coast of Australia at a point which he named after his lieutenant , who discovered it ...
... chief , was drowned in the surf at Callao . After voyaging westward for nearly three weeks Cook , on the 19th April , 1770 , sighted the eastern coast of Australia at a point which he named after his lieutenant , who discovered it ...
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... chief source of emolument by reason of his action . Governor King had also to face serious trouble in the shape of a mutiny amongst the convicts . It was customary to set the most refractory of the prisoners to work on the roads in ...
... chief source of emolument by reason of his action . Governor King had also to face serious trouble in the shape of a mutiny amongst the convicts . It was customary to set the most refractory of the prisoners to work on the roads in ...
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... Chief Justice , is mainly due the credit of introducing this much - needed reform . Up to this time the Governor had possessed practically absolute power over the affairs of the colony , the only restraining influence being the force of ...
... Chief Justice , is mainly due the credit of introducing this much - needed reform . Up to this time the Governor had possessed practically absolute power over the affairs of the colony , the only restraining influence being the force of ...
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30th June acres Adelaide agricultural amount annual appointed Assembly Australasia average Bank Bay of Islands Bill Brisbane British Captain cent chief coast colony Commonwealth Company Constitution deposits discovery districts election electors England established expedition expenditure export Federal figures following table shows gold Government Governor granted gross earnings Hone Heke House immigration important improvements increase industry Island labour Launceston lease Legislative Council Males Maoris Melbourne ment mineral months Moreton Bay natives North Island Northern Territory obtained Parliament passed pastoral payable period persons population Port production proportion province purchase Queensland South Australia railway receipts Representatives returns revenue River settlement settlers sheep South Australia South Wales South Wales Victoria square miles Sydney Tasmania territory tonnage tons traffic train mile United Kingdom Van Diemen's Land vessels Victoria Queensland vote Western Australia Western Australia Tasmania Zealand
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Stran 296 - Every power of the Parliament of a Colony which has become or becomes a State, shall, unless it is by this Constitution exclusively vested in the Parliament of the Commonwealth or withdrawn from the Parliament of the State, continue as at the establishment of the Commonwealth, or as at the admission or establishment of the State, as the case may be.
Stran 299 - House in the same or the next Session again passes the proposed law by an absolute majority with or without any amendment which has been made or agreed to by the other House, and such other House rejects or fails to pass it or passes it with any amendment to which the first-mentioned House will not agree...
Stran 287 - House and not agreed to by the other, and any such amendments which are affirmed by an absolute majority of the total number of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives...
Stran 289 - The judicial power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a Federal Supreme Court, to be called the High Court of Australia, and in such other federal courts as The Parliament creates, and in such other courts as it invests with federal jurisdiction.
Stran 279 - For the purposes of the last section, if by the law of any State all persons of any race are disqualified from voting at elections for the more numerous House of the Parliament of the State...
Stran 301 - Letters Patent and of such Commission as may be issued to him under Our Sign Manual and Signet, and according to such instructions as may from time to time be given to him, under Our Sign Manual and Signet, or by Our order in Our Privy Council, or by Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State...
Stran 281 - Has any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any agreement with the public service of the Commonwealth, otherwise than as a member and in common with the other members of an incorporated company consisting of more than twenty-five persons : shall be incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a senator or a member of the house of representatives.
Stran 297 - The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth.
Stran 293 - During a period of ten years after the establishment of the Commonwealth and thereafter until the Parliament otherwise provides, of the net revenue of the Commonwealth from duties of customs and of excise not more than onefourth shall be applied annually by the Commonwealth towards its expenditure. The balance shall, in accordance with this Constitution, be paid to the several states, or applied towards the payment of interest on debts of the several states taken over by the Commonwealth.
Stran 292 - The Commonwealth shall compensate the State for the value of any property passing to the Commonwealth under this section; if no agreement can be made as to the mode of compensation, it shall be determined under laws to be made by the Parliament...