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Excerpt from First Twenty Years of Australia: A History Founded on Official Documents The story of the Early Days in Australia is one full of interest to many more than Australian settlers or the Australian born. It so differs from the tale to be told of present life there, as if centuries had passed in the interval. Dark as the chronicle may be, it is highly instructive and suggestive. We have in that gloomy and often forbidding picture of ...

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Excerpt from Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions Ireland, whether viewed from an antiquarian or an ethnological point Of View, is one of the most interesting countries in the world. It is not the less an object of attention from the fact, that in its early history there are traces of nearly every kind of pagan belief. It is curious that its literary treasures should have been so long neglected. Of late years, thanks to literary and scientif...

Excerpt from Early Struggles of the Australian Press 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 imperfe...

Excerpt from The Mormons and the Silver MinesWe had no barren moors, no tame-swelling downs, no bare, harsh-outlined Scotch hills, no uniform table-mounts, but rich foliage and glorious forests at first, with rocks of every hue and form, set off by firs and snow, as we clambered higher.Then, to pass through the Palisades - 40 rush thirty miles an hour along that tortuous canyon.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands...

Excerpt from The Treasury of Languages, Vol. 1: A Rudimentary Dictionary of Universal Philology W'estern and Southern Europe. This makes Asia and Europe the only region in which the whole (or nearly the whole) history of Language can be studied. Besides this, in Europe and Asia we have a history. We can see how languages like the English and Russian are extending them selves how the German has extended itself, how the Latin had previously ext...

Excerpt from William Buckley, the Wild White Man and His Port Phillip Black Friends The object of the present work is rather to present the Blacks as they were than as they are. For this purpose, documents of an ancient colonial date have been consulted, and the experience of the first settlers has been related. The Author has to express his deep sense of obligation to the kindness and public spirit of Mr. John Helder Wedge of Tasmania, Mr. ...

Excerpt from Daily Life and Origin of the Tasmanians Tan departed race once lived and laughed in the world. There was a time when no thought of the Whites disturbed the rude joys of the Island Barbarians. They lived as others had done before them, ate the same food, built the same huts, wore the same ornaments, sang the same songs, trembled at the same fears, fought with the same weapons, and were buried or burnt by the tribe when dead. They ...

Excerpt from John Batman, the Founder of Victoria Tm: birth of great nations is always regarded with interest. The Roman historians, unable to penetrate the gloom of their past and unwilling to claim a contemptible origin, boldly allied themselves with the celestial Olympus, and made their Romulus the son of a god. A Niebuhr has shattered the fairy fabric of those early days, and robbed our youth of the charm ing tale of wolf-nursed heroes. Y...

Excerpt from Curious Facts of Old Colonial Days As the first Bishop of Australia truly remarked, some of the greatest political questions agitating English Society were previously discussed in the Australian Colonies. Englishmen carried thither their love of freedom and their sense of justice. There, less governed by traditionary impulses, provided with more scope for action, and more strongly urged by the brighter future opening before their...

Excerpt from Egyptian Belief and Modern ThoughtWhile the Pyramid Age is placed variously from bc. 2700 to rc. 4500, it is astonishing to find that, at least, five thousand years ago men trusted an Osiris as the risen Saviour, and confidently hoped to rise, as he arose, from the grave.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an...

Excerpt from Our Nationalities, Vol. 1: Who Are the Irish? Is the question one of Birth, or Blood 9 If birth, the son of Irish parents, when he chanced to be born while his mother was visiting England, never gained the coveted rights, while the equally fortuitous birth of another in Erin, though of English parentage, procured for him the privileges. If of blood, some awkward difficulties arise. A vast number of comfortable officials would ha...

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Excerpt from The Wild White Man and the Blacks of VictoriaThis decision appears the more necessary, because of the course taken by a gentleman who, several years ago, published What he called an Autobiography Of William Buckley, to the authenticity of which there are many grave objections, while, at the same time, the statements respecting the Port Phillip Blacks are very incorrect, as this gentleman was personally unacquainted with them. All ...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...