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Banks. Sir Joseph Bass. George Batman. John Bennelong Bourke. Sir Richard Brisbane. Sir Thomas Chisholm. Caroline Cook. James Darling. Sir Ralph Dampier. William Fawkner. John Pascoe Flinders. Matthew Gipps. Sir George Hargrave. Lawrence Hovell. William Hume. Hamilton Hunter. Captain John King. Philip Gidley Lawson. Henry Lindsay. Norman Light. Colonel William Macquarie. Colonel Lachlan Parkes. Sir Henry Phillip. Admiral Arthur Reibey. Mary Ruse. James Stirling. Sir James Sturt. Captain Charles Wentworth, William Charles Early Explorers Early Governors Population by Religion in Australia Women in Australian history
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Australian Colonial Intelligence (Grandpa Pencil looks at early Australian development through journals, official reports and newspaper excerpts of the day.)
1: Joseph Banks recommends Botany Bay for a Convict Colony 2: First Fleet lands at Port Jackson - 1788 3: Shortage of fresh food at Port Jackson - 1788 3: The Colony's first church service held - 1788 4: Arrival of the Second Fleet at Port Jackson - 1790 5: Conditions at the Bunninyong gold fields - 1851 6: Problems with the Victorian gold fields - 1861 7: Defense in Australasia to 1896 8: The Australasian population at 1895 9: Religion in Australia to 1896 10: First theatrical performance in NSW - 1789 11: Details from a playbill for the opening of the Theatre Royal 12: Gold! gold! gold! 13: The houses of Bligh and Phillip 14: Sydney: Uncivilised City - 1833 15: Sydney Aborigines past and present - 1880 16: Our Metropolitan Suburbs: Newtown - 1889 17: Sydney's North Shore Suburbs - 1889 18: Our Metropolitan Suburbs: Balmain - 1889 19: A View of Woolloomooloo - 1864 20: Newcastle, New South Wales - 1865 21: The First Colonial Built Locomotive - 1870 22: Ladies' Column - 1870 23: Household Hints - 1870 24: Gilbert: The Bushranger 25: Bushranger Ben Hall is Dead 26: 'Drunkard' Punishment Bill - 1866 27: Desperate Fight With Convicts 28: Gold In New South Wales - 1871 29: City Improvement In Pitt Street, Sydney 30: Newspapers and Letters in Australasia 1895 31: Public Charities In Australasia: 1896 32: Parks, Museums and Art Galleries in Australasia: 1896
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Australian Colonial Verse and Song Early Melbourne European settlement Hutt River Province Short History of Early Australia Some Important Years In Australia's History Words to The Australian National Anthem Australian Aboriginal words and their meanings The ships & the people of The First Fleet
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