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A WHOISIT

To: Geoffrey Dabb <>
Subject: A WHOISIT
From: Jenny Bell via Canberrabirds <>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 09:20:33 +0000
Charles Dickens?

On 2 Sep 2024, at 6:07 PM, Geoffrey Dabb via Canberrabirds <> wrote:



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?

 

 

 

 

 

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