 ... guard and the convicts who had been landed in the morning. The spot chosen for this purpose was at the head of the cove, near the run of fresh water, which stole silently along through a very thick wood, the stillness of which had then, for the first...  A Visit to Australia and Its Gold Regions - Page 90by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1853 - 202 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Leitch Ritchie - Australasia - 1847 - 560 pages
...was at the head of Sydney Cove, " near a run of fresh water," says Collins, " which stole silently through a very thick wood, the stillness of which...then, for the first time since the creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe, and the downfall of its ancient inhabitants,—a... | |
 | Thomas Osmond Summers - Australia - 1899 - 204 pages
...the name of Sydney. After the disembarkation, the first ground cleared for an encampment was " near a run of fresh water, which stole silently along through a very thick wood, the stillness of which was then, probably for the first time since the creation, interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's... | |
 | John Dunmore Lang - Australia - 1875 - 492 pages
...officers' guard and the convicts who had been landing iu the morning. The spot chosen for this purpose was at the head of the cove, near the run of fresh...then, for the first time since the creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe, and the downfall of its ancient inhabitants; —... | |
 | John Dunmore Lang - Australia - 1875 - 502 pages
...officers' guard and the convicts who had been landing in the morning. The spot chosen for this purpose was at the head of the cove, near the run of fresh...then, for the first time since the creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe, and the downfall of its ancient inhabitants; —... | |
 | James Bickford - Australasia - 1878 - 378 pages
...yet known in the world, it was determined to fix the settlement. ' The spot chosen by the governor was at the head of the cove, near the run of fresh...then, for the first time since the creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe and the downfall of its ancient inhabitants; a... | |
 | James Bonwick - Australia - 1882 - 276 pages
...Judge-Advooate, has left a poetical description of the first location : — " The spot chosen for this purpose was at the head of the Cove, near the run of fresh...then, for the first time since the Creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe, and the downfall of its ancient inhabitants ;... | |
 | Australia - 1888 - 966 pages
...disembarked on the a6lh, Captain Collins thus describes the scene : — "The spot chosen for this purpose was at the head of the cove, near the run of fresh water, which stole silently along through 2 very thick wood, the stillness of which had then for the first tim« since the Creation been interrupted... | |
 | Edward Ellis Morris - Australasia - 1887 - 350 pages
...description of this author, "the spot chosen for the landing-place was at the head of the Cove (Sydney Cove), near the run of fresh water, which stole silently...then, for the first time since the Creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe." The " run of fresh water" here referred to, afterwards... | |
 | William Dymock - 1899 - 244 pages
...historian Csllins " was at the head of the Cove, near a run of fresh water which stole silently through the very thick wood, the stillness of which had then, for the first time since the Creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe, and the downfall of its ancient inhabitants —... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - Cornwall (England : County) - 1909 - 942 pages
...settlement was decided to be made. The spot chosen for this purpose was at the head of the cove, near a run of fresh water, which stole silently along through a very thick wood, the stillness of which had thus, for the first time since the Creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe... | |
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