I recently read, about Sydney –
“The number of large houses just finished and others building was truly surprising: nevertheless, every one complained of the high rents and difficulty in procuring a house.”
Also –
“In these woods there are not many birds; I saw, however, some large flocks of the white cockatoos feeding in a corn-field, and a few most beautiful parrots; crows like our jackdaws were not uncommon, and another bird
something like the magpie. The English have not been very particular in giving names to the productions of Australia; trees of one genus (Casuarina) are called oaks for no one reason that I can discover …”
The author?
