Produced by Nick Wall, Anne Storer, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Transcriber's Notes: 1) Morrumbidgee/Murrumbidgee each used on several occasions and left as in the original. 'Morrumbidgee' is the aboriginal name for the Murrumbidgee. 2) Used on numerous occasions, civilisation/civilization; civilised/civilized; civilising/civilizing; uncivilised/uncivilized: left as in the original. 3) Same with variations of colonisation/colonization, and a few other "z" words that should be "s" words in their English form. * * * * * The Englishman's Library. XXVI. AUSTRALIA, ITS HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION; CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT BOTH OF THE BUSH AND OF THE COLONIES, WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE INHABITANTS. BY THE REV. W. PRIDDEN, M.A. VICAR OF BROXTED, ESSEX. "_Truth_, in her native calmness and becoming moderation, shall be the object of our homage and pursuit; and we will aim at the attainment of knowledge for the improvement of our reason, and not for the gratification of a passion for disputing."--_Address of the Bp of Australia in 1841 to the Church of England Book Society._ LONDON: JAMES BURNS, 17, PORTMAN STREET, PORTMAN SQUARE. 1843. LONDON: PRINTED BY R. CLAY, BREAD STREET HILL. * * * * * [Illustration: Map of Australia] PREFACE.