Victoria: With a Description of Its Principal Cities, Melbourne and Geelong: and Remarks on the Present State of the Colony; Including an Account of the Ballaarat Disturbances, and of the Death of Captain Wise, 40th RegimentVictoria: With a Description of Its Principal Cities, Melbourne and Geelong: And Remarks On the Present State of the Colony; Including an Account of the Death of Captain Wise, 40Th Regiment. |
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