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A Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales, and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land - With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and their Superiority in Many Respects over Those Possessed by the United States of America (Paperback)
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A Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales, and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land - With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and their Superiority in Many Respects over Those Possessed by the United States of America (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
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The politician, landowner and journalist W. C. Wentworth
(1790-1872), was an energetic and controversial character in the
early history of modern Australia. Together with Gregory Blaxland
and William Lawson, he was the first to cross Australia's Blue
Mountains. A well-known public figure in the colony of New South
Wales, he founded a newspaper called The Australian (in 1824) and
campaigned, among other things, for a free press, trial by jury,
rights for emancipated convicts, public education, and a
representative government. He also became extremely wealthy. In
this book, first published in 1819, Wentworth argues that the
Australian colonies are a better choice than the United States of
America for European emigrants. The book contains a vast amount of
information about the colonies of New South Wales and Tasmania,
together with Wentworth's suggestions for the improvement of their
government, and remains an important source for historians.
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