Shipping News and Wreck of the Mary at Van Diemen's Land
Shipping notices from Sydney reference the Shamrich steamer arrival and the Caréstia brig sailing. cargo lists include tea, wine, tobacco, cloth, and various goods. The Mary, with fifty six aboard, wrecked off Kent's Group near Van Diemen's Land. seventeen passengers and children drowned, including Captain Newby’s daughters, while others survived and were aided by local settlers and Dr. Millan. Captain Newby reached Geelong town and preparations to dispatch aid and recover survivors were underway.
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Shamrich
Sydney
Agai Fe
Caréstia
Gawerlers
Ham
Men
Coms
Mise Ellis
Air
Sumbope
Chidgley
Anil
Test
Obert Anil
Beowa
Liskes Woolpacks
Jermak
Port Fairy
Moreland Bay
Mir
Missallie
J. Hriver
Andew W. Mura
Mbr
Alexander Milne
Sty
W ‘Cocker
J Myo
James Clark
Toms Turner
Turner
M'Donnell
Thomas Avery
J. Grits
Corsair
Chinn
Torres’ Straits
Cinna Sea
Sydney Morning Herald
Hostivais
Manila
Port Philp
London
Cipe Horn
Cape Howe
Newby
Lewin
Bass
de Mary
Wilsui
Sulderdy
Anyaron
Roger Curtis
Kent
AEG
Caurez
Howe
Abui
Amooth
Thor
Captain Newby
Childen
Evans
Augusta
Catherine
Colling
Mawarray
Heather
Elahiveny
Gry
Turnbull
Sarsh Foulkes
Mix. Colline
Aptain Newby
Wigh
Hock
Kunwar
Pornemus
Nord
Norilb-Wesk
Pabers Jaland
Enduxvour
van Diemen's Land
Millan
Flinder’s Island
Launchston Dal
Papeaia Fothering
Canuiu Newby
Keng
Mary
Syilary
Lds Lake
The Third Term Talk Amid Archaic Court Schedule
A garbled 19th century court notice outlines term dates and juror schedules for 1845. It lists trial weeks, special and common juries, and mentions dates in July and August with irregular spellings and phrasing. The piece preserves names and calendar references despite legibility issues.
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Monty
Judy
Vichursday
Beth
Satontay
Lovins
Frine
Eqing
Eeviesiaenioan Bosnews
Mharslay
Commercial Entelligencr and Market Terms 1846 Fragment
Fragmentary OCR from a 1846 market listing. It mentions wholesale and retail prices for various goods including rice, vegetables, fruit, and poultry, with unclear quantities and typos. Names, dates, and specific price figures are garbled, yielding an incomplete catalog of items and rates.
Lord Stanley's Despatch Rocks Squatters with New Regulations
A Sydney report says Lord Stanley rejects public opinion and delays legislative action while preparing to enforce his squatting regulations. The Australian notes Gipps's government has confirmed the measures despite colonial opposition, with the Executive Council debating timing for their implementation.
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Overland Mail
Lord Stanley
England
Sydney
George Gipps
Maine
Boon to the squatters sparks political clash and claims
The article analyzes who knew squatters deserved electoral franchise rights in Port Phillip. It accuses Patriot and Geelong Advertiser of withholding the fact while noting squatters petitioned for the right and the Legislative Council debated its extension. It argues the public benefit, debates responsibility of press, and asserts squatters already qualified in many districts.
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Patriot
Geelong
Legislative Council
Geelong Advertiser
Lord Stanley
Clarke
Port Phillip
Portland Road
Grant District
Ant Beyoud
Nho
Bourke
Grant
Ccccupente
Sydney News Briefs From Yesterday’s Mail
Sydney reports reveal a bank case at bar with jurors chosen for a trial of a banker. The Governor moves to a new Government House while convict thefts yield recovered goods. A bone mill nears operation near Sydney. Maitland solicitor I L Pilehar dies suddenly on the 16th. Rev Dr Ling issues a letter on the New Delhi war. expansion planned for a forthcoming number.
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Pie Petar Bank A
Barpellere
WB. Deloitte
Sabreily
Lemeelot Iredale
William Griffiths
John Lord
Thomes Harper
Thomas Howe
Samuel Luckéon
Archibald Little
Thomas Gore
James Hume
Henry Jervis
Didienly
Bank of Avelralaia
Government House
Sydney
Pilehar
Maitland
Ling
New Delat
First Battle of the Session Sparks Sugar Duty Debate
London notes include Lord John Russell’s plan to oppose the sugar duty policy as impracticable and harmful to consumers and colonists, with tax removal prospects in three years viewed as uncertain. Financial markets report securities softening and Exchequer Bills lower amid general caution. no other items call for notice.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Morning Chronicle
John Russell
Ional Securities
India
Cape troubles gentler at the Cape of Good Hope
From the Sydney Morning Herald dated Cape Town and Grahamstown reports the Natal question grows more tangled. Boers who moved inland after British seizure clash with a native tribe on the Orange River frontier. The Griquas and English allies seek peace as a regiment and artillery are sent from Graff enstown to quell the conflict.
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Cape OF Good Hope
Sydney Morning Herald
Oya
Cape At Good Hope
Cape Tayrn
Graham's Town
Natal
Orange River
Cape Colony
Pearstone
Grafane
War Era Trade and Settler Sentiments Quoted in Colonial Ledger
A fragmentary notice discusses the tension between colonial settlers and natives as a mail dispatch departs. It notes Dutch settlers in the ee Colony considering parting from relatives if soldiers intervene. The document cites bond prices at 172 to 182 rix dollars per ten maids, with cost calculations per rix dollar and per maid, yielding an avenue price of 8 shillings per 60 pound bushel.
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Ee Colony
Ns Natalians
Went
News from India to end of February recap
Report from India via Cape and Van Diemen's Land notes quiet conditions with regional unrest. Napier planned and executed a rapid punitive action through Khéla territory against rebellious chiefs. In Madras Mr. Justice Burton charged the Grand Jury in January, opposing a move to grant native Courts authority over all Europeans outside the Supreme Court jurisdiction.
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India
Sydney
Khélat
Justice Burton
Grand Jury
Madras
Supreme Court
Boiling Down Rats and Dogs in Colonial Wit and Irony
A Sydney Morning Herald piece parodies the meltin pot craze among colonists, noting jokes about boiling down dogs and other creatures. It cites a London Observer report on rats boiled for fur, grease, candles, and ivory, urging Britain to farm rats as a new export asset, while asking for cost and profit details.
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Sydney Morning Herald
London Observer
the &I
Royal Library
Rue Riehelien
Greoale
Rue Richelieu
Australian Land Reform Debate and Crown Lands Powers
A Sydney Tablet excerpt discusses the Land Grievance Report and its assertion that Crown Lands Commissioners hold unconstitutional, absolute power over property. It cites local editorials and statements by Mr Fyans on resource development, speculation, and colonial prosperity, highlighting proposals to reduce tyranny and promote orderly wealth through land grants and licenses.
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Bashaw
Sydney
Binewa
Tome
Ings Euler
Wifergacy
Coustry
Acm
Denfort
Geslong
Vid Ji
Wal
Fyaneis
Pires
Cams
Bumilary
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Stewart Elphinstone
Lonvinn
Hobart
van Dieynan
Eli
Elia
Cnuchnhuin
Livernpool
Colmnbian
Captain Wakem
Livenpoel
Yao
Parkof
General Carga
HY. Willinson
J. Mf. Cock- Vuirey
J.J. Tselem
Lanlemak
Kbion
Caan
Singapore
Ketter
Walrus
Wwakein
P. Wakom
Banue Corvaubian
Mieltopane
Tuan
Patna
Tare
Napa
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