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By the Pleasing Countenance of My Superiors

By the Pleasing Countenance of My Superiors

Michael Williams

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Chidestudy Press
Año de edición:
2013
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Historia de Australasia y el Pacífico
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9798227453341
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An early settler in Australia, Thomas Cook began as a Police Magistrate in the small town of Dungog during the convict era. Often involved in controversy, the life of Thomas Cook tells us much about this early period of Australian history.

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