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Transcriber's Notes:
1) Morrumbidgee/Murrumbidgee each used on several occasions
   and left as in the original. 'Morrumbidgee' is the aboriginal
   name for the Murrumbidgee.
2) Used on numerous occasions, civilisation/civilization;
   civilised/civilized; civilising/civilizing; uncivilised/uncivilized:
   left as in the original.
3) Same with variations of colonisation/colonization, and a few other
   "z" words that should be "s" words in their English form.


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 The
 Englishman's Library.
 XXVI.




 AUSTRALIA,

 ITS HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION;

 CONTAINING
 AN ACCOUNT BOTH OF THE BUSH AND OF THE COLONIES,
 WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE INHABITANTS.

 BY THE
 REV. W. PRIDDEN, M.A.
 VICAR OF BROXTED, ESSEX.


 "_Truth_, in her native calmness and becoming moderation, shall
 be the object of our homage and pursuit; and we will aim at the
 attainment of knowledge for the improvement of our reason, and not
 for the gratification of a passion for disputing."--_Address of
 the Bp of Australia in 1841 to the Church of England Book Society._


 LONDON:
 JAMES BURNS, 17, PORTMAN STREET,
 PORTMAN SQUARE.
 1843.




 LONDON:
 PRINTED BY R. CLAY, BREAD STREET HILL.


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[Illustration: Map of Australia]




PREFACE.


A few words by way of Preface are requisite,