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Newspaper
Melbourne Courier
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1845
Page
4
A fragmentary historical poem urges union and resolve under the Orange Flag. It proclaims steadfast duty, divine defense of the right, and a call to drive the Orange Flag in triumph, with invocations of winds of Heaven and a king’s name in gold.
A Melbourne reader laments Irish Melbourne politics as volatile and easily led by self-interest. The letter accuses leaders of manipulation, cites past editorials and personal conflicts, and urges fair representation while condemning sectarian bias amid local magistrate decisions.
Despatch from Governor Sydney 1844 attaches an address from the Legislative Council on Crown Lands sales. The Committee’s report rejects the 1812 Crown Lands Act upset price, denounces colonial immigration funding from land sales, and proposes using Crown Lands to finance immigration with specific passenger land grants. The Council largely backs the first and last points but omits full disapproval of the current immigration funding method. The Governor adds his own views, warning against systematic colonisation theory.
A gubernatorial dispatch argues against the Select Committee's land policy, defending a high minimum price while criticizing free grants. It defends government control of colonization, condemns excessive private land sales, and warns that waste lands should not flood the market. The speaker cites the colony's prosperity from unimproved land and critiques the Committee's view that private occupation is the sole path to profit. The policy debate also covers capital credit flows and the impact of emigration and immigration funding on NSW's development.
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