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  2. Tales and Sketches.

    DEAH CARRY, — In passing through one of those wretched courts with which South wark abounds, I was attracted tothe door of a miserable house by the ...

    Article : 3,751 words
  3. GOVERNOR PHILLIP’S HOUSE, SYDNEY.

    No persons who of late years have passed through Pitt-street, Sydney, can have failed in remarking a rickety-looking shanty situate a few doors from the Union Bank, between King-street and Hunter-street. The dimensions of the building were about 24ft. by 12ft., and about 6ft. high; it was, however, only recently, when the place was about to be pulled down, that the fact became generally known that this humble tenement was once the Government House of the colony, having been erected for ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. THE LYRE BIRD.(Menura Superba.)

    THIS remarkable bird is a denizen of Australia, its stronghold, according to Mr Gould, being from Moreton Bay southwards to Port Phillip. Its size and the peculiar formation of its tail have caused much discussion among ornithologists as to its proper classification, though it is now ranked amongst the songsters. The length of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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