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  2. SCIENCE.

    In a brief review of the progress of science and invention during the last 60 years, it is only possible to touch upon a few salient points; and fortunately nothing more is required, for everyone who is able ...

    Article : 3,346 words
  3. COMMERCE.

    The growth of commerce during the Queen's reign has been phenomonal. Sixty years ago the course of internal communication in the countries of the world bad scarcely emerged from the grooves in ...

    Article : 2,893 words
  4. THE POLICE FORCE.

    There has practically been only one radical change in the constitution of the New South Wales police since 1837. At that period, and until 1862, magistrates controlled the body; and under the old order ...

    Article : 2,227 words
  5. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW.

    A retrospect of 60 years in the history of the administration of the law of New South Wales cannot fail to prove deeply interesting to the present generation as an illustration of the steady and ...

    Article : 1,720 words
  6. COLONISTS OF SIXTY YEARS AGO.

    In a retrospect of the progress of this country during the present reign the thoughts of many will turn to those who formed the population of New South Wales in 1837. Since then conditions have ...

    Article : 2,763 words
  7. MINING.

    When the Queen came to the throne the existence of gold in Australia was unknown. Where populous and wealthy cities, called into existence by the discovery of the precious mineral, now stand surrounded ...

    Article : 3,505 words
  8. SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.

    To look back on the shipping of 60 years ago, whether the observer be in sunny New South Wales or in old Europe matters little, inasmuch as the same wooden hulls, the same great unwieldly topsails, ...

    Article : 2,043 words
  9. THE OLD A.S.N.

    No history of shipping in Australia would be complete without ample reference to the "dear old A.S.N.," as it was by its patrons for many years designated. Its career was indeed for many yours ...

    Article : 1,651 words
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