[Editor: This column was published in Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser (Sydney, NSW), 16 September 1839. It includes a reference to the appointment of Charles Joseph La Trobe to oversee the Port Phillip District (Victoria).] Contents of last week’s Government … [Read more...] about Contents of last week’s Government Gazette [16 September 1839]
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[A Very Sad Account of Van Dieman’s Land (the “Lament” of Sarah Collins); and The London ’Prentice-Boy] [two songs, April 1839]
[Editor: Two songs regarding two British convicts who had been transported to Australia. The first song was said to have been written by Sarah Collins, a convict in Van Dieman’s Land (Tasmania); the second song is the tale of an English apprentice boy who was led into committing … [Read more...] about [A Very Sad Account of Van Dieman’s Land (the “Lament” of Sarah Collins); and The London ’Prentice-Boy] [two songs, April 1839]