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\CT\
P2YUU DE VK7EAS II NR 2 II GR 61 \BT\
PERHAPS KING, THE SEAMAN, DID MORE FOR AUTSTRALIA THAN MOST
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS. HIS WAS THE FIRST FAMLY OF A GOVERNOR
TO SETTLE IN THE COUNTRY. IT WAS HE WHO ENCOURAGED THE GRAZING
INDUSTRY. UNDER HIS CONTROL A NEW SETTLEMENT WAS FOUNDED IN
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND ON A SITE LATER NAMED HOBART.
\AS\ \BT\
II II
MS3BDI DE VK6SAW II NR 31 II GR 70 \BT\
KING DID MUCH TO ENCOURAGE NEW INDUSTRIES ( SEALING AND WHALING )
THAT SHOWED MUCH PROMISE OF EXPANDING AND PROSPERING. EVEN WITHOUT
HIS ENCOURAGEMENT THE SEA WOULD HAVE MADE THE MOST IMPORTANT EARLY
CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA. BOTH EUROPE AND NORTH
AMERICA WERE HUNGRY FOR THE WHALE WAXES FOR THEIR LAMPS.
\AR\ \AS\
\BT\
MR4TPI DE VK1ATP II NR 21 II RG 92 \BT\
THE PROHIBITION AGAINST SHIPBUILDING UNDER WHICH PHILLIP HAD
LABOURED WAS RAISED. THE FIRST VESSEL BUILT WAS THE ROSE HILL
PACKET, A 10 TEN - TON CARGO BARGE NEVER INTENDED TO GO OUT
OF THE RIVER. THE FRANCIS, A 41 - TON SCHOONER SENT OUT IN
FRAME FROM ENGLAND TOOK TO THE WATER IN 1793.
\AR\ \AS\
\CT\
GH2CUL DE VK0SNO II NR 33 II GR 22 \BT\
IN 1800 THE NAVAL DOCKYARD LAUNCHED THE CUMBERLAND, AND A FEW
YEARS LATER EMANCIPIST JAMES UNDERWOOD COMPLETED CONTEST, THE
FIRST PRIVATLY - BUILT VESSEL OF AUSTRALIA. THESE WERE SMALL
INCIDENTS, BUT MEANWHILE AN INEXORABLE MARCH OF OTHER EVENTS
ESTABLISHED SYDNEY AS A GREAT SEA PORT.
\BT\ \AR\
\VA\