Book Description

Excerpt from Australia, From Port Macquarie to Moreton Bay: With Descriptions of the Natives, Their Manners and Customs; The Geology, Natural Productions, Fertility, and Resources of the Region; First Explored and Surveyed by Order of the Colonial Government IN consequence Of the unexampled depression which has now for so long' a time paralysed the colony of New South Wales, in common with the other Australian settlements, and the melancholy truth that few occupations can now be profitably carried on there; many persons in England have arrived at the con'clusion that the state of Australia is quite hopeless. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.