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Mining & the mines, 1838

5 stories in Sydney's papers

Coal at Port Phillip

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 20 June 1838 · page 2

It is said that decisive indications of the existence or coal, have [?] several estates at Port Phillip, and that petitions from certain settlers there will…

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The Coal Monopoly

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1838 · page 2

IT will be seen from the subjoined letter, extracted from a late number of The Hobart Town Courier, that our Van Dieman's Land neighbours have it in…

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Coal at Moreton Bay

The Sydney Monitor · Monday 9 July 1838 · page 2

The Isabella, Government schooner, Captain Morton, has bro[?]ht up a cask of coal, as a specimen of a vein of that mineral, which has recently been…

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The Absence of Punishment Vindicated. Vengeance is mine: I will repay, saith the Lord

The Colonist · Saturday 18 August 1838 · page 4

THE most peculiar feature in the system of criminal law we propose, is the absence of the principle of punishment, or, in other words, vengeance or retribution in the treatment of delinquents…

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The Coal Monopoly

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 25 December 1838 · page 2

EVERY year a considerable number of vessels leave Sydney and Hobart Town in ballast, or with only part cargo, for the various Indian ports in search of…

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