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  2. PUBLIC CHARITIES.

    In New South Wales we have no poor law or pool rates, but we have the poor. Notwithstanding al[?] our prosperity, we have not been able to escape this trouble. Some of it arises from intemperance, some from ...

    Article : 1,865 words
  3. FAUNA AND ELORA.

    The fauna of the colony is largely represented by marsupial animals which are now almost extinct in almost every other part of the world, and are thought to be the oldest mammals known. The ...

    Article : 2,076 words
  4. PARKS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS.

    The public parks and pleasure-grounds of New South Wales are both numerous and extensive. Some of them are remarkable for their natural beauty: others for their cultivation and magnificent collection of plants. ...

    Article : 1,604 words
  5. MUNICIPAL.

    The people of this colony appreciate the advantages of municipal government. Proof of this is to be found in a hundred boroughs and districts the incorporation of which is due to the spontaneous action of the ratepayers. ...

    Article : 1,536 words
  6. EDUCATION.

    Public education in New South Wales may be regarded as having commenced in 1848 with the Boards of National and Denominational Education. Prior to that date the schools were started by the heads of the ...

    Article : 2,586 words
  7. SOCIAL LIFE.

    Visitors to the colony have so often remarked "that we are more English than the English" that the expression has become proverbial. It is true that we retain the manners and customs of our ...

    Article : 2,031 words
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