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can never supply the place of a public collection of works 
relating to Australian discovery. If Australians are to 
become familiar with the beginnings of Australian history, 
the means of studying the sources whence that history is 
derived must be placed within their reach—an end to be 
attained, first of all, by a gradual and persistent acquisition 
in each colony of books, maps, and documents bearing 
ehiefly on its own history ; and next, by the establishment of 
an Australian library enriched with all procurable rarities of 
colonial history and discovery. 
