Excerpt from The Wealth and Progress of New South Wales 1888-89 ON the 26th January of the present year Australasia completed its first hundred years as part of the civilized world. Viewed from the standpoint whence history is usually written, its record will appear singularly uneventful, being marked by none of those disturbing elements, which so often accompany the building up of nations, and which the historian delights to chronicle. The history of this continent is comprised almost entirely in that of its industrial progress. Twenty-five years after Captain Phillip planted the British flag on.the slopes of Sydney Cove, the wealth of Australasia had reached one million sterling, in 1837 it had increased to twenty-eh millions, in 1862 to one hundred and eighty-one millions, and in 1887 to one thousand and fifteen millions, reckoning only the private wealth of the people. The ratio of prog'rm thus eihibited is probably greater than that of any other people during thefirst eentuny of their national life. The career ofnew South Wales, first-born of the'colonies, has not been so marvellous as that of some of her sisters, but her progress has on the whole been more uniform, so to-day she holds the pride of place as the richest and populous of the Australasian group - a pre-eminence du so much to the longer period of her colonization variety of her resources and the enterprise of her To one possessing much shall much be given and of mines, of fertile lands and of pastures, Nature's gift people, have been added peaceful days and perfect liberty. To illustrate the wealth and trace the progress of the Colony is the aim of this volume, and it is believed that no unfaithful or overdrawn picture of either has been given. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.