FOUNDING OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

This took place in 1837, and was organized upon the plan of Gibbon Wakefield, of selling the land to import labour. The same false hopes of establishing a colonial aristocratic life were thus encouraged. People bought large tracts of land, intending to build grand houses upon them. As no small lots of land were to be sold, it was thought that labourers brought over with the proceeds of the land-sales would always remain labourers, and that the land-owners would have nothing to do but live and enjoy themselves on their property. But this scheme was so utterly opposed to human nature, and especially English human nature, that it failed, and terrible distress ensued. Colonel Grawler, the Governor, had to employ the people on public works to prevent their general starvation. The company fell into debt; Government had to advance a large sum to enable the colony to carry on. A more reasonable system of selling small lots of land created a substantially prosperous race of small land-owners, and the discovery of the coppermines at once raised the colony to prosperity.

JOURNEY NORTHWARDS INTO THE INTERIOR

Mr. Eyre, in entering on the narrative of his expeditions, informs us that for eight years he had been resident in Australia, during which he had visited many of the located parts of New South Wales, Port Phillip, South Australia, and Van Diemen's Land.