CONTENTS, 



Page 



Dedication to his Majesty i 



Preface 



Thoughts on the importance of tracing the origin of 



History 3 

 Novelty of the undertaking - - ibid 

 Why the Author was calculated to perform the undertak- 

 ing - . - - - 4 

 Ilis consolation for the task « ibid 

 Contrition for the past, and hope lor the future ibid 



INTRODUCTION. 



Promised advantages to the Mother Country * 5 



Nature of the country and its contents • ibid 



Still superior advantages • - ibid 



Original projector ot the eclonv * - 6 



Its effects - ibid 



Plan for executing the work * • ibid 



HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 

 CHAP. I. 



Comparison between New South Wales, and America 7 



Situation of the Island - - ibid 



Partly discovered by the Dutch in \6l6 - 8 



More discovered in l6l8 - - ibid 



Again visited in 1619 - - * ibid 



Visited by Dampier - - . «• ibid 



by Cook .... ibid 



Botany Bay, why so called - - ibid 



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