ENTRANCE OF PORT LINCOLN. Taken from behind Memory Cove. Painted by IV. Westall, A.R.A., F.L.S., for Flinders' Voyage to Terra Australis. THE NEW BRITISH PROVINCE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA; OR A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY, ILLUSTRATED BY [by Edward zibber SECOND EDITION, WITH A COPY OF THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ACT; AND THE REGULATIONS LONDON: PRINTED FOR C. KNIGHT, 22, LUDGATE-STREET. MDCCCXXXVIII, "A colony so founded would fairly represent English society, and every new comer would have his own class to fall into; and to whatever class he belonged, he would find his relation to the others, and the support derived from the others, much the same as in the parent country. There would then be little more in Van Diemen's Land, or in Canada, revolting to the habits and feelings of an emigrant, than if he had merely shifted his residence from Sussex to Cumberland or Devonshire-little more than a change of natural scenery.”—Archbishop Whately. "Colonization, as hitherto conducted, may be likened to the building of a bridge; a work no part of which is complete until the whole be completed. According to the method here proposed, colonization would be like the making of a tunnel; a work in the progress of which each step must be complete before another step can be taken."-England and America. London : Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS, Stamford Street. CONTENTS. Object of the work-South Australian Land Company of 1831 -South Australian Association-Theory of Colonization- Practice of Colonization, like the transplanting of a full- Advantage of introductory remarks-Natural features of extra-tropical Australia-Difference of temperature between the northern and southern hemispheres-Sterility of the sea-coast-The richest land not preferred in Australia—The management of water totally neglected-Vulgar error as to the unfitness of Australia for agricultural purposes-Means Lincoln-Table of the prices of provisions and live-stock in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land-Advantage of The proper disposal of waste land, the first object in coloniza- tion-Purpose of the Government in disposing of waste land -Evils of profusion in granting land-Effects of profusion at Swan River-Causes of the failure of the Swan River settlement-Best mode of dealing with waste land-Method of proceeding for the new colony-Disposal of the purchase- |