011 - Hunter Valley Manuscript - July 1833

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Description(011.jpg) Recto Twelvemonths since four days were usually occupied in the journey overland to Sydney by this road, but now two steam vessels take goods and passengers to Sydney in twelve hours, and another steamer is shortly expected from England to add to the facilities of conveyance from the Hunter - At first it was supposed that one steam boat ould not find employment, but Captn Biddulph the commander of the first steamer that reached the Australian shores soon taught these skeptics that he could obtain ample remuneration for his enterprise and cut out work for another which was shortly afterwards built on the Williams River, one vessel has made work for two, and it is expected two will for three- The Hawkesbury has been so frequently described in former works that it is unnecessary to repeat here what has been said by others to repeat here what has been said by others. Bathurst and Argyle are situated to the South West of Sydney and being chiefly on the high Table land of the interior possess a cooler climate altho the land for the greater part is extremely rich. A description of one district is nearly a description of the whole country as regards the qualities of soil, for in all there is great variety but in these counties the water is sometimes severe, and [skaiting] is far from an uncommon amusement. Whilst along the [shore] [snow] is only known by the White summits of the mountains in the interior which are visible from the coast, but sometimes even here they experience frost early in the mornings yet the atmosphere is so free from vapour that a frosty morning has the most exhilarating effect on an European. Agriculture is as yet in its infancy, and a few tools suffice for its operations, therefore, let not the emigrant encumber himself with the improved implements now in use in England, unless he intends to establish an exhibition to astonish our native youths - There are very few farmsSubjectNew South Wales historyNSWHunter ValleySettlerAustralian historyMaitlandAustraliaDatenot specifiedSourcehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/2665497669/

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