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The web of empire - a diary of the imperial tour of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901 (1902) (14760950451)

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The web of empire - a diary of the imperial tour of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901 (1902) (14760950451)

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Title: The web of empire : a diary of the imperial tour of their Royal Highnesses the Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York in 1901
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, 1841-1919 Hall, Sydney Prior, 1842-1922, ill Martino, Eduardo de, d. 1912
Subjects: George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936 Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867-1953
Publisher: London, New York : Macmillan and company, limited
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library



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38. Leaving Port Adelaide
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ix WESTERN AUSTRALIA 317 new Colony was the Duke of York (ship), which cast anchor off Kangaroo Island on 27th July 1836. It is the Buffalo (ship), however, that has remained most vividly in the popular recollection, and a massive municipal arm-chair made out of her timbers is on the platform. One of the Colonists who came out in her is present, and the Duke talks with him about his early reminiscences. The Duchess sits for a little in the big arm-chair, and the crowd cheer enthusiastically. We then get into the train again and go to Port Adelaide, where the Ophir is waiting for us. On the wharf is a dense crowd, who give their Royal Highnesses a hearty send-off, and the band of the Ophir replies by playing Auld Lang Syne. Our kind hosts, Lord and Lady Tennyson, and the Premier, Mr. Jenkins, go down the river with us, and are landed at Largs. We are now bound for Western Australia. Soon we sight Kangaroo Island, and we sail along the northern shore till we get into the Great Australian Bight, where the long swell which...

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