Australia is properly speaking an island, but it is so much larger than every other island on the face of the globe, that it is classed as a continent in order to convey to the mind a just idea of its magnitude.
Charles SturtIt is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour.
Charles SturtWe moved leisurely towards Mount Foster, on the 22nd, and arrived opposite to it a little before sunset.
Charles SturtIn a colony constituted like that of New South Wales, the proportion of crime must of course be great.
Charles Sturt