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... English , Germans , and Chinamen alike resented the idea of the importation of black labour into Queensland ; and not finding any just reason for their objection , would immediately raise the cry of ' slaves ! ' and point to the late ...
... English , Germans , and Chinamen alike resented the idea of the importation of black labour into Queensland ; and not finding any just reason for their objection , would immediately raise the cry of ' slaves ! ' and point to the late ...
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... old virgin forest was turned for miles along the coast into flourishing farms . The English working - man soon found , much to his disgust , that , instead of being indispensable as heretofore , he could no longer make quite his own.
... old virgin forest was turned for miles along the coast into flourishing farms . The English working - man soon found , much to his disgust , that , instead of being indispensable as heretofore , he could no longer make quite his own.
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... hold it . Let the English Government really put its shoulder to the wheel ; let it find out that in a well - managed system of emigration lies the solu- 6 ( ADVANCE AUSTRALIA ! ? 7 tion of most , 6 IN QUEST OF COOLIES .
... hold it . Let the English Government really put its shoulder to the wheel ; let it find out that in a well - managed system of emigration lies the solu- 6 ( ADVANCE AUSTRALIA ! ? 7 tion of most , 6 IN QUEST OF COOLIES .
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... English Government once organise a system of assisting emigrants that will land them in Australia by thousands with work before them , where it now sends hundreds , and instead of being a distant and unknown world , still popularly ...
... English Government once organise a system of assisting emigrants that will land them in Australia by thousands with work before them , where it now sends hundreds , and instead of being a distant and unknown world , still popularly ...
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... English labourers in the south of England can make sure of ) 1 lb. meat and 1 lb. flour per diem , with vegetables , tobacco , tea , sugar , and soap ; and causes vessels fetching them from the islands to be fitted up with separate and ...
... English labourers in the south of England can make sure of ) 1 lb. meat and 1 lb. flour per diem , with vegetables , tobacco , tea , sugar , and soap ; and causes vessels fetching them from the islands to be fitted up with separate and ...
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