"The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement……" — Charles Sturt
"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 South Wales is periodically subject."
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Charles Sturt
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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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The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to…
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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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