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BRETON, Lieutenant
- EXCURSIONS
IN NEW SOUTH WALES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AND VAN DIEMAN'S LAND, DURING
THE YEARS 1830, 1831, 1832, AND 1833:
London, Richard Bentley, 1833 1st edition. 420pp. 8vo. Rebound in 1/2
leather and boards. Title page repaired and some foxing throughout.
Frontspiece and 1 plate of native weapons. Contains a chapter on
the Aborigines. This is written completely without understanding or
compassion. He condones the shooting of Aborigines "...we have taken
possession of their country, and are determined to keep it...reprisals
will be committed upon themselves....they have been wantonly butchered".
Other chapters contain observations on the natural history, agricultural
possibilities, social life, government workings and immigrationClick
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