"The increasing importance of Sydney must in some……" — Charles Sturt
"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, to the successful enterprise of its merchants, and to particular local causes."
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19 Quotes by Charles Sturt
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We moved leisurely towards Mount Foster, on the 22nd, and arrived opposite to it a little before sunset.
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In a colony constituted like that of New South Wales, the proportion of crime must of course be great.
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It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their…
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Mount Harris is of basaltic formation, but I could not observe any columnar regularity in it, although large blocks are…
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On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length.
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One of the greatest objections which families have to New South Wales, is their apprehension of the moral effects that…
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Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly…
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Farming implements are as cheap in Sydney as in England.
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If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes…
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Yet, upon the whole, the space I traversed is unlikely to become the haunt of civilized man, or will only…
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Australia is properly speaking an island, but it is so much larger than every other island on the face of…
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The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is,…
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle…
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The Refinement of Shame. People are not ashamed to think something foul, but they are ashamed when they think these…
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Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes…
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We all felt the majesty of the body. In a very short period of time we had seen something that…
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There are no peoples however primitive without religion and magic. Nor are there, it must be added at one, any…
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[It] may be laid down as a general rule that, if the result of a long series of precise observations…
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No, there's no God, but there might be some sort of an organizing intelligence, and I think to understand it…
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The Church was founded upon Peter: although elsewhere the same is attributed to all the Apostles, and they all receive…
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