Handbook of South AustraliaC.E. Bristow, government printer, 1908 - 344 páginas |
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Página 14 - The reasons that led me to fix Adelaide where it is I do not expect to be generally understood or calmly judged of at present. My enemies, however, by disputing their validity in every particular, have done me the good service of fixing the whole of the responsibility upon me. I am perfectly willing to bear it ; and I leave it to posterity, and not to them, to decide whether I am entitled to praise or to blame.
Página 1 - Island examined by us was judged to be much superior to any before seen, either upon the south coast of the continent or upon the islands near it, with the exception of some portions behind the harbours of King George's Sound. The depth of the soil was not particularly ascertained: but from the thickness of the wood it cannot be very shallow. Some sand is mixed with the vegetable earth, but not in any great proportion; and I thought the soil superior to some of the land cultivated at Port Jackson,...
Página 4 - We were borne over its ruffled and agitated surface with such rapidity that I had scarcely time to view it as we passed, but, cursory as my glance was, I could not but think I was leaving behind me the fullest reward of our toil in a country that would ultimately render our discoveries valuable, and benefit the colony for whose interests we were engaged.
Página 297 - M day, until they burst in terrific thunderstorms, accompanied by hurricane squalls of wind and rain. These storms at first take place every four or five days, gradually increasing in number until the end of November, when they occur almost daily.
Página 284 - Melbourne shall be recognised as Academic distinctions and rewards of Merit and be entitled to rank precedence and consideration in Our United Kingdom and in Our Colonies and possessions and throughout the world as fully as if the said degrees had been granted by any University of Our said United Kingdom...
Página 11 - And be it further enacted, that no person or persons convicted in any court of justice in Great Britain or Ireland, or elsewhere, shall at any time, or under any circumstances be transported as a convict to any place within the limits hereinbefore described.
Página 284 - Science by Act of Parliament in 1880. At first the Professorships founded in the University were four in number, their subjects being the following: — (1) Classics and Comparative Philology and Literature, (2) English Language and Literature, Mental and Moral Philosophy, (3) Mathematics, and (4) Natural Science.
Página 278 - Now this is the law of the Overland that all in the West obey — A man must cover with travelling sheep a six-mile stage a day; But this is the law which the drovers make, right easily understood, They travel their stage where the grass is bad, but they camp where the grass is good; They camp, and they ravage the squatter's grass till never a blade remains. Then they drift away as the white clouds drift on the edge of the saltbush plains: From camp to camp and from run to run they battle it hand...
Página 4 - I would repeat, as my view of it was, my eye never fell on a country of more promising aspect, or of more favorable position, than that which occupies the space between the lake and the ranges of St. Vincent's Gulf, and, continuing northerly from Mount Barker, stretches away without any visible boundary.
Página 199 - ... not be diverted to illicit channels. (b) Each such license shall be nontransferable and shall be valid only to the extent of the production area and maximum weight of opium poppy yield specified in the license, shall state the locality of the production area, and shall be effective for a period of one year from the date of issue, and may be renewed, at the discretion of the Commissioner, for a like period.