Letter from James Furse to his Father and Mother, 16 [January?] 1843

 
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Item 3
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A letter from James Furse to his parents discussing marriage prospects in the colony; wages and prices; rate of spending in the colony; the climate; lack of amenities; food; condition of land tenure; the desire for increase in population to buy and consume all the food produced; trade in commodities with Van Dieman's Land; description of stock riders and teh wildness of cattle.

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Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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