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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891. Excerpt: ... Diemen's Land, was made a separate colony. Victoria was carved out of New South Wales in 18 51, and Queensland in 18 5 9. In 18 3 8 New Zealand was acquired, largely by purchase from native chiefs, and made a colony by royal charter in 1840. This has led to the rapid extinction by war, drink, and vice, of the Maories--a splendid people of the Malay race. The Tasmanians have entirely disappeared, under circumstances of atrocious cruelty on the part of the conquering race. The main drawback to the prosperity of Australia and New Zealand was the transportation system, which filled the colony with the worst characters from England, and which kept down the wages of freo labour. So loud was the outcry that in 1840 transportation to New South Wales ceased. But Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk Island. were the more flooded, until the evil grew so intolerable Abolition of. . tran-poit;i-that the government in 1849 attempted to ship the contlou victs to the Cape. There the colonists rose almost in re bellion, and forced them to re-embark. A league was then formed throughout Australia for ridding the colony of this blighting system, and in 18 5 3 it was absolutely abolished; henceforward penal servitude has been carried out in our prisons at home. In 1842 New South Wales was placed under a legislative council appointed jointly by the crown and the inhabitants; and in 1849 Victoria, Southern Australia, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia had similar constitutions. In 1850 power was given them to alter their form of government. New South Wales, followed by the others, at once reproduced the home system--an elective house of commons and a second chamber nominated by the crown. The discovery of gold in 18 51 brought a rapid influx of people; in 18 50 Australia had 265...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781150231339
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 244
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150231335
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 440 gr


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