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Two Years in New South Wales; comprising sketches of the actual state of society in that colony; of its peculiar advantages to emigrants by Peter Cunningham.

 

Peter Cunningham was educated in Edinburgh and appointed assistant Surgeon in the Royal Navy. He was surgeon superintendent on convict ships to Australia - The Recovery in 1819, the Grenada 1821 and Recovery in 1823. He returned to Australia as a settler in 1825 and was granted 1200 acres in the upper Hunter. Select Early Settler Map 6 to see the location of his grant.

Below is an extract from his book in which he describes 'Currency Lads and Lasses'

Letter  XXI

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Two Years in New South Wales: A Series of Letters, Comprising Sketches of ... By Peter Miller Cunningham

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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