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A
TRAMP TO THE DIGGINGS;
OR,
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
IN 1852.
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A
TRAMP TO THE DIGGINGS:
BEING
NOTES OF A RAMBLE
IN
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
IN 1852.
By JOHN SHAW , M.D
F.G.S., F.L.S.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, 8, NEW BURLINGTON STEEET.
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1852.
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LONDON:
BRADBURY AND EVANS PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
[CONTENTS]
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CONTENTS.
AUSTRALASIA, OR AUSTRALIA .... 1
NEW SOUTH WALES....... 2
COOK'S LAND, THE NORTHERN DISTRICT....... 4
NEW SOUTH WALES PROPER, OR SYDNEY DISTRICT....... 7
ABORIGINES OF NEW HOLLAND..... 16
NEW ZEALAND ....... 26
ABORIGINES......... 33
SYDNEY ........ 36
STATE OF THE COLONY IN 1850 ..... 37
PRODUCE CIRCULAR, 1851...... 50
STATE OF THE COLONY IN 1852....... 59
PRODUCE CIRCULAR, 1852 ...... 64
MARKETS........65
STATE OF EDUCATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES....... 69
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY...... 74
RELIGION . ...... 78
POLITICS AND STATESMEN...... 85
WILLIAM CHARLES WENTWORTH....... 88
DR. LANG ....... 135
EDWARD DEAS THOMPSON...... 159
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SYDNEY, continued:--
CONVICTS........ 163
IMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRATION....... 185
FIRST ARRIVAL IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--A DESCRIPTION OF SYDNEY .....194
CLIMATE ....... 222
PEOPLE....... 225
JOURNEY TO THE DIGGINGS .....236
ARRIVAL AT THE TURON DIGGINGS .....250
TRIP TO WOLLONGONG .......262
EMIGRATION........272
IGNORANCE AND POVERTY THE TWO GREAT OBSTACLES TO EMIGRATION.........273
ADVICE TO EMIGRANTS............279
NEW ZEALAND..........284
AUCKLAND..........285
WELLINGTON..........293
NELSON..........295
THE CANTERBURY SETTLEMENT ........305
