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Newly found 200-year-old journals reveal life in Australia of early European settlers (www.abc.net.au)

by What a Find April 21, 2021, 3:26 pm

Journals and ledgers discovered in the NSW State Archives have not been seen since the 1820s and could give fresh insights into early European history in Australia.

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