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WHITBY GREAT BRITAIN Parliament
An Act for the more effectual repairing and preserving the Piers and Harbours of Whitby in the County of York
London: Thomas Baskett 1750. Very good. Folio pp. 661-672 pp. including armorial title; stitch-sewn evidence of having been disbound at some time. An interesting 1750 Act of Parliament relating to the port of Whitby just as it was on the cusp of becoming one of the great shipbuilding ports where famous Australian and Pacific vessels including Cook's Endeavour and First Fleet ships the Golden Grove and the Fishburn were constructed. This Act was instrumental in the repairing of the harbour at Whitby and instituted a series of works which were paid for by the bustling coal trade. The harbour's central importance to Cook's career in particular is well known as it was while working out of Whitby that the great mariner established his credentials and also became enamoured of the sea-going properties of Whitby colliers. Thomas Baskett unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA HOWARD Frederick
Proceedings of Surveying Schooner "Beatrice
Adelaide: Government printer 1866. Fine. Foolscap folio tinted in recent tan cloth with gilt lettered label. Two consecutive South Australian government despatches bound together both concerning the present-day Northern Territory. Proceedings of Surveying Schooner "Beatrice".28 September 1866 No. 79. Single foolscap leaf printed both faces 2pp. The Beatrice arrived at the fledgling settlement of Adam Bay in northern Australia during late December 1865 delivering supplies to John McKinlay and his exploring party. Contains much good description of Malay trepan traders local Aborigines the fate of the Port Essington settlement and the like. bound with Northern Territory Correspondence. 28th September 1866 No. 80. Foolscap folio tinted 12 pp. A rich source of primary information on the early exploration and settlement of North Australia printing despatches and correspondence from the Government Resident J.T. Manton explorer John McKinlay surveyor R.H Edmunds and others. Of particular interest is the publication of the journal of Clement Young described as 'clerk and accountant' covering the period November 1865 to July of the following year. It contains much detail of contact with local Aboriginal tribes the progress of McKinlay and the myriad challenges of landing and keeping stock in the tropics. Government printer unknown
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Parliament of Great Britain
Papers relative to the Separation of the Moreton Bay District from New South Wales and the Establishment of a Separate Government
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1858. Tall quarto vi 66pp. last blank with a folding handcoloured map measuring 550 x 405 mm. very good condition. Important collection of parliamentary papers detailing the separation of the Moreton Bay district from New South Wales the precursor to the declaration of Queensland as a discrete colony in December 1859. The papers include a significant Arrowsmith map of the region proposing new border divisions coloured by hand. In 1851 the first Moreton Bay representative was appointed New South Wales parliament; by 1858 nine members represented districts north of the Clarence River. The isolation of the settlement from Sydney brought a sense of neglect alongside serious administration problems motivating squatters and free settlers towards political self-determination. The large folding map bound into this report was printed by renowned London cartographer John Arrowsmith. It is dated January 1858 and titled Map shewing the proposed boundary between News South Wales and the Moreton Bay Colony and the proposed division of that Colony into Electoral Districts. The new border between the two colonies is handcoloured red and yellow and runs along the 29th parallel until following the course of the Barwon and Dumaresq rivers. Electoral districts north of the border are coloured in green while those in New South Wales are yellow. The map details the entire coastline from the mouth of the Clarence River at Shoal Bay to Cape Gloucester near present day Bowen above the 20th parallel. The report presents a rich and varied collection of documents illustrating both sides of a contentious debate. Petitions for and against separation from all the northern districts are included some of which shed valuable light on local aspirations for political self-determination. The issue of debt features prominently given the colony of New South Wales carried the considerable burden of £2234700; accordingly several of the submissions included in this report discuss how this is to be shared with the nascent Moreton Bay Colony. Likewise the resumption of transportation is openly broached in the report - an important issue given the history of Moreton Bay as a destination for violent recidivists until abandoned for this purpose in 1839 in favour of Port Arthur. Although the township at Moreton Bay had existed as a free settlement for some years squatters desired a return of transportation to solve the shortage of labour. Ultimately the colony of Queensland was formed without a resumption of transportation to the eastern seaboard of Australia. Eyre and Spottiswoode unknown
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MALDON GOLDFIELDS PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Maldon Gold Fields Common Altered
Melbourne: John Ferres Government printer 1861. Very good. Tall quarto single sheet. Declares and ratifies Maldon as a Gold Fields Common an area of some 10800 acres. John Ferres, Government printer unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN DARLING General Ralph
Report from the Select Committee on the Conduct of General Darling while Governor of New South Wales. With the Minutes of Evidence and Appendix
London: Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 1835. Marginal water-stain affects the last twenty or so leaves title-page thumbed with small loss of a little letterpress due to past adhesion; a good copy overall. Foolscap folio iv 168 pp. in handsome quarter brown calf with gilt label. This report clears former governor Ralph Darling now promoted to General of the serious charges brought against him during the impeachment instigated by William Charles Wentworth. The charges concerned several matters namely the dubious nature of grants of crown land made by Darling the case of Captain Robert Robinson and the mismanagement of funds for the New South Wales Veteran Companies and also Darling's attempts to limit the freedom of the public press. The most serious and controversial of the charges related to his harsh disciplinary treatment of the two soldiers Sudds and Thompson which resulted in the death of the former. The Select Committee cleared Darling of wrongdoing and here publishes their findings along with the testimonies provided during the investigation. With regards to the military punishment the Committee ruled 'the conduct General Darling with respect to the punishment inflicted upon Sudds and Thompson was under the peculiar circumstances of the Colony especially at that period.entirely free from blame'. Ferguson comments that this report is 'An extremely important source of information with reference to this famous case.' This copy bears the ownership signature of colonial grazier and politician Sir William John Macleay. Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN SORRELL Lieutenant Governor William and Edward CURR
Minutes of the intended arrangements between Earl Bathurst His Majesty's Secretary of State and the proposed Van Diemens Land Company
London: House of Commons 11 May 1825. Foolscap folio 12 pp. fine in polished half calf with gilt lettering by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Parliamentary printing of correspondence relating to the foundation of the Van Diemen's Land company published within months of its ratification. The report publishes four letters between Earl Bathurst and Edward Curr Secretary of the Van Diemen's Land Company and former Lieutenant-Governor William Sorrell. The Van Diemen's Land Company was founded along similar lines to the Australian Agricultural Company - vast areas and surplus convict labour could be brought to profitable advantage with a Company to attract investors into the fold. The Company was offered vast tracts of land beyond existing settled areas and opened up lands previously unseen by European eyes. In April 1825 by the Colonial Office made available some 250000 acres in the remote northwest of Tasmania for a peppercorn rent to the Company. House of Commons, 11 May unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN LIGHT William; FINNISS Boyle Travers and others
First Annual Report of the Colonization Commissioners of South Australia to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State For the Colonies 1836
London: House of Commons 28 July 1836. Tall quarto 40pp. with handcoloured lithographed sheet; bound in splendid full crimson crushed morocco with gilt lettering by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. A significant publication in the early history of South Australia being the first report of the Colonization Commission tasked with selling land in the infant colony to provide the capital for colonial development. The sale of land in South Australia owed much to the 'science of colonial management' propounded by Edward Wakefield Gibbon and within a decade was confounded with difficulty as the colony accrued massive debt from the British government. This report publishes important correspondence relating to the early survey including the letters of instruction to Surveyor-General William Light and his assistants including Boyle Travers Finniss. The lithographed map by Arrowsmith is titled "Part of Southern Australia from the 132 to 141 degree of East Longitude". From the library of Dr. Robert Edwards AO in a remarkably bold and handsome binding by master English bookbinders Sangorski and Sutcliffe. House of Commons, 28 July unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Correspondence between the Governor of South Australia and the Secretary of State Relative to Mr. Justice Boothby
London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode for HMSO 1862. Foolscap folio 72pp. fine in full red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe gilt lettering original titling wrappers bound in. A most attractive copy of an important document in South Australian legal history collecting despatches and correspondence relating the controversial career of Benjamin Boothby 1803-1868 appointed second judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia in 1853. Boothby challenged the interpretation and application of Colonial law drawing the ire of parliamentarians and the general public alike. He created further contention through meddling in politics and was publicly lambasted during several trials where it was asserted he used coercion to control the decision of the jury. George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode for HMSO unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Report from the Select Committee on Secondary Punishments: Together with the Minutes of Evidence an Appendix of Papers and an Index
London: Ordered by the House of Commons 1832. Preliminary leaves bear the neat stamps of the Birmingham Law Society likewise gilt blocked to the front board very good in original brown cloth rebacked. Foolscap folio 162 pp. original brown cloth. Historically informative report on "secondary punishments" meted out to repeat offenders already within the prison system most famously within the Australian context Norfolk Island and Port Arthur. As a matter of course the reports include significant notice of transportation inland settlement the granting of land and also relations with Aborigines. The 1832 companion follows directly on from that of the previous year and begins with notice of the pressing urgency of further investigation and reform before presenting its own series of interviews including a repeat performance by the prominent viticulturist James Busby. Those who provide testimony for this report are a fascinating lot and include the botanist Allan Cunningham and the magistrate John Stephen. For the first time several people involved with the prison hulks were called in and even some prisoners were allowed to speak including a remarkable interview with one "A.B." who had been confined on the Hulk Retribution at Sheerness for six years awaiting transportation. The report is also significant for an early printing of a substantial interview with Elizabeth Fry the Quaker reformer. Ordered by the House of Commons unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
An Act for abolishing Capital Punishment in case of returning from Transportation. Cap. LXVII
London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1834. Folio sheet pp. 525-526 armorial letterhead recent green boards bookplate of H. Mackenzie-Begg. A rare instance of clemency: this Act repeals previous legislation ordering the execution of escaped convicts 'at large within any Part of His Majesty's Dominions without some lawful cause'. Much of the appeal of New South Wales as a place for transportation lay in its isolation and the great difficulty of escape. Nonetheless some convicts did make the attempt and a handful successfully absconded aboard merchant vessels visiting Sydney Harbour. One famous example is the 'Scottish Martyr' Thomas Muir who slipped aboard the American trader Otter in early 1796 it was rumoured that Muir a political radical had appealed to the republican sentiments of the American captain to negotiate his transport from the penal colony. In addition to repealing the death penalty for escapees the Act ameliorates punishment for those convicted of harbouring or assisting an escaped convict. In this instance the previous punishment of transportation for life has been reduced to the relatively lenient incarceration for a maximum of four years. George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
South Australia. Copies of any Correspondence in the Colonial Department relative to the Establishment of the Settlement of South Australia since the year 1831 and its present Financial Difficulties
London: HMSO 12 March 1841. Foolscap quarto 165 pp. later red cloth. An archive of letters and memorandums published for the House of Commons in the wake of the South Australian debt crisis. The report published a total of some 97 items mostly authored by familiar figures in the foundation and early years of the colony: Torrens Gouger Hindmarsh and the like. HMSO, 12 March unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Three reports regarding a proposed constitution for New South Wales the formation of a discrete Port Phillip colony and other administrative reform
London: HMSO 1854. Three foolscap reports bound in fine crimson half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Three British parliamentary papers concerning a proposed constitution for New South Wales the formation of a discrete Port Phillip colony and sundry related matters: Copies of the Despatch from Earl Grey to the Governor of New South Wales dated the 31st day of July 1847 and other despatches and correspondence related thereto. 47pp. 29 August 1848. Includes two letters from Earl Grey concerning the establishment of a separate colony at Port Phillip respectively addressed to Augustus FitzRoy governor of New South Wales and to the acting Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia Frederick Holt Robe. Extracts of the General Instructions issued to the Governor of New South Wales dated the 17th day of July 1825 relative to the division of the territory thereof into counties parishes and districts.7pp 15 August 1853. Frederick Peel to governor Ralph Darling. Copies of all Petitions on the subject of a proposed Constitution for New South Wales presented to the House of Commons since the Year 1853. 13pp. 11 June 1855. Prints petitions submitted by colonists of Maitland Scone Murrurrundi Sydney Upper Hunter Parramatta and Kiama. From the collection of Dr. Robert Edwards AO. HMSO unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Fourth Annual Report on the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia to her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. 1839
London: House of Commons 1840. Some water-staining of the title page. Foolscap folio 37 pp. else good recent boards. Fourth annual report of the Colonization Commission tasked with selling land in the infant colony to provide the capital for colonial development. The sale of land in South Australia owed much to the 'science of colonial management' propounded by Edward Wakefield Gibbon and within a decade was confounded with difficulty as the colony accrued massive debt from the British government. From the library of Dr. Robert Edwards AO. House of Commons unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN BUSBY James and James WALKER
Report from the Select Committee on Secondary Punishments: Together with the Minutes of Evidence an Appendix of Papers and an Index
London: HMSO 1835. Rebacked. Foolscap folio 178 pp. last blank preliminary leaves bear the neat stamps of the Birmingham Law Society likewise gilt blocked to the front board very good in original brown cloth. Published annually the British parliamentary reports on additional punishments meted out to repeat offenders already within the prison system include significant information relating to transportation inland settlement the granting of land and relations between settlers and Aborigines. Naturally the reports focus on centres for recidivist detention namely Norfolk Island and Port Arthur and are a good primary source for the convict history of these settlements. In this report for 1835 testimony is provided by the Reverend Whitworth Russell Edward Gibbon Wakefield James Walker and James Busby. HMSO unknown
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EUREKA STOCKADE PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Report from the Select Committee upon Ballaarat Riots.
Melbourne: John Ferris Government printer 1 June 1858. Tall quarto x 16 pp. a very good copy in an attractive green cloth folding case with gilt label. Later report into the disturbances at Bentley's Hotel - the series of events that precipitated the 'Eureka rebellion'. The report collects evidence and cross-examines witnesses with a view to assessing the claims of those parties seeking compensation. Recommendations of the Select Committee principally involve disallowing certain persons from claiming compensation while awarding 150 to Dr. Carr 'at present an inmate of the Lunatic Asylum Yarra Bend' for providing surgical services to the wounded. The Minutes of Evidence record the testimony of Resident Goldfields Commissioner Robert Rede regarding Bentley's Hotel a highly informative record of the tumultuous events running into five pages. Other testimonies include those of Gilbert Andrew Amos Inspector Charles Jeffreys Carter George Crossley Smith Inspector Maurice Frederick Ximenes and Inspector Gordon Evans. John Ferris, Government printer, 1 June unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN MACONOCHIE Alexander
Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department and the Governor of Van Diemen's Land on the subject of Convict Discipline
London: House of Commons/HMSO 1846. Some browning. Foolscap folio 70 pp. folding coloured lithographic map by Arrowsmith; now preserved in a folding green cloth case. Includes a report of some 15 pages from Lord Stanley to Sir John Eardley-Wilmot acting Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land concerning Captain Alexander Maconochie's experimental prison reforms at Norfolk Island. It effectively forms advice for the application of Maconochie's principles in Van Diemen's Land some ten years after his service under Sir John Franklin. A similar report was prepared by Stanley for the Governor of New South Wales. The folding map is marked with roads built by convict labour. House of Commons/HMSO unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA TORRENS Robert and others
Reports from the Select Committee on South Australia; Together with the Minutes of Evidence Appendix and Index
London: HMSO 1841. Foolscap folio with four separate lithographic folding maps backed upon linen paginated as follows: xl 272 pp. report x 358 pp. appendix 58 pp. index; first sectional title-page a bit stained some maps creased but very good in a most handsome half red morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with raised bands and gilt lettering maps preserved in rear endpaper sleeve. Significant British parliamentary report on land sales in South Australia and the problematic debt accrued by the infant colony issues that led to the collapse and dissolution of the Wakefield scheme. The appendix exceeding 300 pages includes testimony from all the major players in the establishment of the colony - the Wakefields George Grote Robert Torrens George Grey and many others. The four maps maps are of interest to the survey and settlement of the city of Adelaide providing a record of land division and settlement immediately adjacent to the city centre. From the library of Dr. Robert Edwards AO. HMSO unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Validity of Grants. Despatch of The Secretary of State Relative to the Validity of Grants to Land in New South Wales. Dated 30th September 1835
Sydney: By Order of the Council 1835. Single foolscap sheet folded to docket size. A document giving the Governor of the day Sir Richard Bourke permission from his majesty to pass a law legitimising land grants that do not bear the name of his Majesty or any of his predecessors. By Order of the Council unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Chinese Within Victoria
Sydney: Government printer 1880. Single foolscap sheet a few light spots yet fine. Reporting that no despatches have been received on the subject. Government printer unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Seizure of Opium per "Kate Hooper." Petition Relative to
Sydney: Government Printer 1859. Single foolscap sheet fine. This sheet acknowledges receipt by Legislative Assembly of petition signed by 400 members of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce regarding the overly-harsh punishment of one Captain Johnson master of the American vessel "Kate Hooper" and other merchants relative to the confiscation of contraband opium. Government Printer unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA GRIMES Edward
Chinese passenger and protection rates
Melbourne: Government printer 26th January 1856. A few spots yet fine. Single foolscap sheet Lists expenditure for the Chinese Passenger and Protection Rate Fund for 1855. Government printer, 26th January unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES AFOO Lei petitioner
Seizure of Opium per "Kate Hooper." Petition of Lei Afoo
Sydney: Government Printer 1860. Fine. Single foolscap sheet. Petition by one Lei Afoo protesting against confiscation of opium and financial hardship resulting thereof presented to the Legislative Assembly April 1860. Government Printer unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN FITZROY Sir Charles Augustus
Copy of a Despatch from Governor Sir C. A. Fitzroy to the Secretary of State for the Colonies Transmitting the Report of a Select Committee of the Legislative Council of New South Wales on Crown Lands in 1849
London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1850. Very good. Foolscap folio 56 pp. in half red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Despite the pedestrian title this report contains much information on the progress of the Australian colonies including Queensland and Victoria at an important time. The growth and later independence of the Moreton Bay district is foreshadowed. Likewise the rising settlement of Port Phillip is tipped for future prosperity. Furthermore the issue of high labour cost immigration and the development of lands for production are examined at some depth. George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Chinese. Intercolonial Conference
Melbourne: Government printer 1881. Single foolscap sheet fine. 'Despatch from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies relative to the representation of the Intercolonial conference respecting the introduction of Chinese immigrants by the Government of Western Australia.'. Government printer unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES. MERRILL RD. and LEAVITT Thomas R. R. D.
Chinese Immigration Bill. Messrs. Merrill & Leavitt Merchants Sydney.
Sydney: Government printer 1858. Single foolscap sheet foxed. Receipt of petition presented to the Legislative Assembly signed by Robert Dodge Merrill and Thomas Roger Leavitt merchants stating that Chinese immigration restriction will be deleterious to their merchant business with the treaty ports in China. Government printer unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Asiatics Resident in New South Wales. Return Showing Population of
Sydney: Government printer 31 January 1893. Single foolscap sheet fine. Census list by nationality including Indian subcontinent Arabia Asia Minor Afghanistan etcetera. Government printer 31 January unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Collection of four Reports Relating to Prison Management and Transportation
London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1854. A little spotting of the fore-edge and preliminary leaves yet overall fine. Large thick quarto contemporary quarter cloth with original gilt morocco label lettered 'Convicts and Prisons 1854'. Large and impressive collection of four reports commissioned for Parliament concerning the state of English gaols the future of transportation and bail granted in Irish the courts. The two reports concerning English gaols specifically treat the gaols of Birmingham and Leicester and provide detailed treatment of all aspects of prison management during an era of sweeping reform. The report treating transportation primarily concerns Western Australia. Contents as below; Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the condition and treatment of the prisoners confined in Birmingham Borough Prison and the conduct management and discipline of the said prison.London published January 1854 xxxviii 500pp. Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the condition and treatment of the prisoners confined in Leicester County Gaol and House of Correction.London published January 1854 xvi 242pp. Convict Discipline and Transportation. Australian Colonies. Further Correspondence on the Subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation. London published May 1854 xiv 286pp. Ireland. Tables showing the number of persons committed or held to bail for trial at the Assizes and Sessions in each County in the Year 1853.Dublin printed by Alexander Thom and Sons for HMSO 1854 98pp principally comprising statistical tables. George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES ROCHAIX Jules P. Detective and Edmund FOSBERY Inspector General of Police
The Chinese. Alleged influx of from New Caledonia
Sydney: Government printer 23 November 1887. Single foolscap sheet slightly foxed. This notice prints a dispatch from detective Jules P. Rochaix to the Sydney Inspector General of Police reporting the imminent retrenchment of 200 Chinese miners from the Nickel Company of New Caledonia and fears that they will come to New South Wales. This appears to be quarantine issue rather than a criminal one in that 'It is these Chinese that the introduction of the fever 'dengue' in New Caledonia is attributed.'. Government printer, 23 November unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA WILSON Alexander Immigration Agent
Chinese.Return of Chinese arrivals from the 1st January to the 31st August 1888
Melbourne: Robert Brain Government Printer 1888. Single foolscap sheet mounted. Statistical list of vessels regarding Chinese immigration into Victoria listing taxes and duties levied etc. Robert Brain, Government Printer unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRALIA PEAKE Edwin H.
Parliament House. Record of the proceedings and ceremonies in connection with the opening of the new Legislative Council building
Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia 1939. Slim quarto portrait plates original red cloth; a nice copy. Contains a history of the conception and construction of the new Parliament and a full list of members and officers. Commonwealth of Australia unknown
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ABORIGINES PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Copies of Instructions. for promoting the Moral and Religious Instruction of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of New Holland or Van Diemen's Land
London: 23 September 1831. A very good copy. Foolscap folio 19 pp.; Later half roan spine lettered in gilt. An excellent copy of a rare report printing a decade of major dispatches from New South Wales Governors on the subjects of the Aborigines of New South Wales. In this report are included reports from Macquarie Brisbane and several by Darling. Macquarie reports the Reverend Cartwright's "Native Institution" at Parramatta in a report which prints two of Cartwright's letters dated 1819 & 1820 while the despatches of Brisbane and Darling chiefly deal with the work of the London and Church Missionary Societies most notably the travails of the Missionary and early linguist L.E. Threlkeld including comments on his work in preparing grammars and translations. The work was prepared at the request of Henry Grey Viscount Howick in his capacity as Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. 23 September unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Cap XLIV. An Act to remove doubts respecting the authority of the Legislature of Queensland and to annex certain territories to the Colony of South Australia
London: Spottiswoode for HMSO 1861. Folio pp.373-376 disbound very good. Regards certain territories detached from New South Wales and annexed to South Australia. 22nd July 1861. Spottiswoode for HMSO unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
An Act to amend an Act.for the Transportation of Offenders from Great Britain; and for punishing Offences committed by Transports kept to labour in the Colonies. Cap. XXXIX
London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1830. Folio pp. 385-390 armorial letterhead fine. This Act contains a variety of new laws relating to the Australian colonies with special reference to the ongoing problem of liquor smuggling in convict establishments. The sixth clause of the act expressly forbid the provision of liquor and fermented products of any description to felons convicted of transportation. It is clearly aimed at those found guilty of smuggling liquor to convict establishments and places of confinement. The trade in sly grog had been lucrative from the earliest days of the colony and in the lead up to the so called 'Rum Rebellion' under Governor Bligh officers of the New South Wales Corps were implicated in the trade. This act tightens up existing prohibitions and stipulates that those suspected of provisioning liquor to convicts can be detained in custody for up to three months unless able to pay an immediate surety of between 10 and 20 pounds. Other clauses empower the Governor of New South Wales to transfer convicts ambiguously charged with 'disorderly conduct' to other colonies namely Van Diemen's Land. Presumably this was enacted to break up groups suspected of sedition and troublemaking. Likewise the Act allows the Governor to take felons intended for other destinations 'if he shall deem it expedient' and also clarifies legal confusions arising from the delivery of convicts to the wrong location by transportation contractors. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Legislative Assembly of New South Wales. Snag Boat for the River Murray. 9 June 1858
Sydney: Government printer 1858. Foolscap folio tinted blue paper 3pp. very good condition. Further correspondence from the South Australian Government respecting the snag boat lately constructed by that colony for clearing the River Murray. Government printer unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Cap. XIII. An act to Authorize the Advance of a Sum of Money out of the Consolidated fund on account of the Colony of South Australia
London: Spottiswoode for HMSO 1841. Folio single leaf; disbound very good. 'Commissioners of the treasury authorized to advance money to the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia': Ratified 10th May 1841. Spottiswoode for HMSO unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Cap. XCV. An Act to empower His Majesty to erect South Australia into a British Province.
London: Spottiswoode for HMSO 1834. Folio pp.789-796 disbound browned and a little cropped good copy. Foundation Act in the settlement of South Australia ratified 15 August 1834. Specifies legal strictures the status of the Province powers of the Commissioners regulation of land sales and pricing attendant to this process. Of special note is XXII - "Convicts not to be transported to the Colony Spottiswoode for HMSO unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Cap. LX. An Act to amend an act of the Fourth and Fifth Years if His late Majesty empowering His Majesty to erect South Australia into a British Province or Provinces
London: Spottiswoode for HMSO 1838. Folio pp.581-586 disbound very good. Dated 31st July 1838; details Lands commissioners for South Australia. Spottiswoode for HMSO unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Cap. LX. An Act to amend an act of the Fourth and Fifth Years if His late Majesty empowering His Majesty to erect South Australia into a British Province or Provinces
London: Spottiswoode for HMSO 1838. Folio pp.581-586 disbound very good. Dated 31st July 1838; details Lands commissioners for South Australia. Spottiswoode for HMSO unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Victoriae Reginae. No. 4. An Act to constitute a Municipal Corporation for the City of Adelaide
Adelaide: Government printer August 1840. Folio pp. 1-16 disbound very good. Includes blank sample format for poll register of voters. Government printer, August unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Legislative Assembly of New South Wales. Bridge over River Murray at Albury. 5 November 1858
Sydney: Government printer 1858. Foolscap folio tinted blue paper pp. i-25 very good condition. Prints correspondence and reports for a proposed bridge at Albury total of 53 letters here published. Government printer unknown
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Cap. XCV. An Act to empower His Majesty to erect South Australia into a British Province or Provinces and to provide for the Colonization and Government thereof
London: Spottiswoode for HMSO 1834. Folio pp.789-796 disbound very good copy. Foundation Act in the settlement of South Australia ratified 15 August 1834. Specifies legal strictures the status of the Province powers of the Commissioners regulation of land sales and pricing attendant to this process. Of special note is XXII - "Convicts not to be transported to the Colony Spottiswoode for HMSO unknown
Referência livreiro : 4106527
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PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Victoriae Reginae. No 2. An Ordinance to facilitate the adoption of the Laws of England in the administration of justice in South Australia
Adelaide: Government printer October 1843. Folio single leaf disbound very good. Establishes the date of declaration of the Province of South Australia. Government printer, October unknown
Referência livreiro : 4106524
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Cap. LX. An Act to amend an act of the Fourth and Fifth Years if His late Majesty empowering His Majesty to erect South Australia into a British Province or Provinces
London: Spottiswoode for HMSO 1838. Folio pp.581-586 disbound very good. Dated 31st July 1838; details Lands commissioners for South Australia. Spottiswoode for HMSO unknown
Referência livreiro : 4106520
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
Cap. XIII. An act to Authorize the Advance of a Sum of Money out of the Consolidated fund on account of the Colony of South Australia
London: Spottiswoode for HMSO 1841. Folio single leaf; disbound very good. 'Commissioners of the treasury authorized to advance money to the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia': Ratified 10th May 1841. Spottiswoode for HMSO unknown
Referência livreiro : 4106529
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
An Act to provide for the better Government of South Australia
London: Spottiswoode for HMSO 1842. Folio pp.746-750 disbound very good. 30th July 1842. Regards actions brought against the Commissioners for South Australia regarding bonds and debt. Spottiswoode for HMSO unknown
Referência livreiro : 4106522
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PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Legislative Assembly of New South Wales. Murray River Waters. 12 July 1906
Sydney: William Applegate Gullick Government printer 1906. Foolscap folio 3pp. very good condition. Concerns the division and distribution of the waters of the Murray between NSW Victoria and South Australia. William Applegate Gullick, Government printer unknown
Referência livreiro : 4108195
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN
An Act to provide for the better Government of South Australia
London: Spottiswoode for HMSO 1842. Folio pp.746-750 disbound very good. 30th July 1842. Regards actions brought against the Commissioners for South Australia regarding bonds and debt. Spottiswoode for HMSO unknown
Referência livreiro : 4106530
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PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN TORRENS Robert ELLIOT T. Frederick and others
Returns of the Quantity of Land in South Australia sold by the Colonization Commissioners since 5th May 1835; Amount Paid for the same; Names of the Purchasers &c. docket title
London: House of Commons 1840. Foolscap 32pp. docket title to verso of final leaf; a little dusted very good. The 'art of colonization' revealed: a comprehensive report printing detailing land sales from 1835-1840 in South Australia and the revenue subsequently raised through the 'Wakefield model' of colonial management. Of some historical interest is information on emigration including the details of pauper emigrants to South Australia and the costs incurred during their settlement. The South Australian Company raised an emigration fund from land sales and this report details the distribution and expenditure of this considerable pool of capital. Ferguson notes the report 'contains valuable information'. House of Commons unknown
Referência livreiro : 4108153
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PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
South Australia. Assay Office Returns. September 9 1852
Adelaide: Government printer 1852. Foolscap folio 3pp very good in recent card wrapps. Good source of primary information on South Australian numismatic history: names wages rates and sundry details of all staff employed in minting coins. Divided into the following groupings: Crude gold assaying and smelting chemical analysts machining bullion and the coke and fuel department. Government printer unknown
Referência livreiro : 4108160
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PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
South Australia. MR. Hutchinson's Claim for Compensation. 1st September 1864
Adelaide: Government printer 1864. Foolscap folio 2pp very good in recent card wrapps. Regards outstanding payments for services clearing the Murray River of snags - Mr. Hutchinson was a contracter whose barge Grappler was engaged in clearing operations. Government printer unknown
Referência livreiro : 4108162
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