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1995-12-17
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KL2JG DE VI2NSW II NR 410 II GR 210 \BT\
SOON AFTERWARDS, IN ACCORD WITH HIS INSTRUCTIONS, PHILLIP SPLIT HIS
FORCES AND SENT LEUT. (LIEUTENANT) PHILIP GIDLEY KING TO ESTABLISH
A SUBSIDIARY SETTLEMENT ON NORFOLK ISLAND, 930 MILES N.E. FROM SYDNEY.
WITH KING WENT A SUBALTERN, SIX MARINES, A MIDSHIPMAN, A SURGEON, TWO
MEN WHO UNDERSTOOD FLAX DRESSING, 9 MALE AND 6 FEMALE CONVICTS.
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KL3KH DE VI1ACT II NR 411 II GR 209 \BT\
THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE INSTRUCTIONS, WHICH WERE TO STRAIN THE
RESOURCES OF THE INFANT SETTLEMENTS, LAY IN THE DESIRE OF THE EAST
INDIA COMPANYFOR THE PINES OF NORFOLK IS. WHICH THEY CONCEIVED WOULD
DIMINISH THE GREAT EXPENSES TO WHICH THEIR PACIFIC CRUISING SHIPS WERE
PUT MASTS AND SPARS, AND ALSO FOR THE ISLAND'S FLAX.
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II II
KM2LI DE VI6WA II NR 421 II GR 199 \BT\
THE COMPANY'S GREED ALSO INSISTED THAT PHILLIP SHOULD BUILD NO SHIPS.
THERE WAS A RISK, OF COURSE, THAT IF A SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY WERE
ESTABLISHED, CONVICTS MIGHT SEIZE THE VESSELS FOR A GETAWAY - BUT THE
EAST INDIA COMPANY FEARED A CHALLENGE TO THEIR MONOPOLY. SO THE YOUNG
WAS INHIBITED FROM BUILDING IST PRIME REQUIREMENT (OCEAN TRANSPORT) .
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KJ6WQ DE VI7TAS II NR 401 II GR 189 \BT\
IN THE EARLIEST WEEKS, EVERY NEW KIND OF TIMBER SEEMED TO ADD A NEW
ELEMENT OF FRUSTRATION. AND CLEARING THE GROUND WASN'T JUST A MATTER
OF CUTTING TIMBER : REMOVAL OF BUTTS AND ROOTS PRESENTED THE WORST
PROBLEMS. SOON THE COLONISTS LEARNED TO MAKE LIME FROM OYSTER SHELLS,
AND BRICKS FROM A CLAY DEPOSIT AT BRICKFIELD HILL.
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