031 - Hunter Valley Manuscript - July 1833

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Description(031.jpg) Recto of [torn from page], who from the exclusives - Most of these [torn from page] families and upon that grounds alone would be [fal -torn page"?stified] in being so tenancious with regard to their associations [ever] were there no other [assetiors] to a wider range - The Military as usual have their red coats for a [purpopoil] = with the exception of the elite these can scarcely [seem] to be any organised society in Sydney except amongst a few small circles who are all equally jealous of their associations And amongst the heads of Departments there are so many little misunderstandings and petty bickerings [stial] nothing like cordiality exists amongst them - but this is only a picture of society in other parts of the world although they [innoilingly] acknowledge it.The great evil in Society both high and low, is the deficiency of females to give a proper tone to it - The old [Leaven] of former days still works, private character is but little prized, and consequently many who from these and rank talents would be entitled to take a lead having voluntarily excluded themselves by leading a disreputable life - but the [Annecdotes] of the Court the Camp and the bar are better buried in oblivion, we only know such things are, and that they must gradually wear away or at least not be cursed to their present extent - Libertines will of course exist as long as the world, but time will teach it to wear a cloak as it has already taught the black natives to wear trowzers - it is a lamentable tho a ludicrous circumstance that our black brethren should lead the way to respect outraged decency- Society in the Country cannot be calculated on, since the constant employment of the settlers and their [wives] and the great interveining distances between neighbouring localities render the frequent intercourse which [constitutes] society next to impossible - The avocations of a good house wife are so numerous that even if she should venture on a trip to see her next neighbour her anxieties Datenot specifiedSourcehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/2666333828/

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SubjectNSWHunter ValleySettlerNew South Wales historyNSW historyAustralian historyMaitlandNew South WalesAustralia

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