Reproduction of the original: Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of The Colony of New South Wales and its dependent Settlements in Van Diemen ́s Land by William Charles Wentworth

"Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales" is the first book written by an Australian. In this book, the author William Charles Wentworth advocates an elected assembly for New South Wales, trial by jury, and settlement of Australia by free emigrants rather than convicts.

Excerpt from A Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales, and Its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land: With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, a Demonstration of Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America; And a Word of Advice to Emigrants Be naturally made by the public, respecting the manner in which the author acquired the information contained in this work, when he states that he was born in the colony of New South Wales, and that he resided there for about five years since his arrival at the age Of maturity. This is a period which will, at. Least, be allowed to have been sufficient for acquiring a correct knowledge Of its state and government, and for enabling him to Observe the destructive tendency Of those measures, Of i. 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.