Charles Sturt Quotes

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• We moved leisurely towards Mount Foster, on the 22nd, and arrived opposite to it a little before sunset.
• In a colony constituted like that of New South Wales, the proportion of crime must of course be great.
• It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of…
• Mount Harris is of basaltic formation, but I could not observe any columnar regularity in it, although large blocks are exposed above the ground. The…
• On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length.
• One of the greatest objections which families have to New South Wales, is their apprehension of the moral effects that are likely to overwhelm them…
• Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication; this, joined with patience…
• The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to the industry of its farmers,…
• Farming implements are as cheap in Sydney as in England.
• If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features…
• Yet, upon the whole, the space I traversed is unlikely to become the haunt of civilized man, or will only become so in isolated spots,…
• Australia is properly speaking an island, but it is so much larger than every other island on the face of the globe, that it is…
• The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be…
• The staple of our Australian colonies, but more particularly of New South Wales, the climate and the soil of which are peculiarly suited to its…
• The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement of one of those fearful droughts to which we have reason to believe the climate of New…
• In this eventful period the colony of New South Wales is already far advanced.
• We had not seen any natives for many days, but a few passed the camp on the opposite side of the river on the evening…
• I had no inducement to proceed further into the interior. I had been sufficiently disappointed in the termination of this excursion, and the track before…
• These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for three or four days busily employed writing an…

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