Excerpt from The Present State of Australia: A Description of the Country, Its Advantages and Prospects, With Reference to Emigration; And a Particular Account of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of Its Aboriginal Inhabitants As the disposition for emigration extends, the desire of acquiring correct ideas relative to those countries which are best adapted to receive an in ux of population will of necessity increase, and any accurate information concern ing them is therefore unquestionably matter of interest to the public. Amongst these countries Australia, or New South Wales, may be considered as one of the most important. 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 imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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