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AN AUSTRALIAN COAL CITY 349
Text Appearing After Image: NOBBY S, ORIGINALLY AN ISLAND AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PORT OF NEWCASTLE, BUT NOW CON-NECTED WITH THE MAINLAND BY A BREAKWATER, AS SHOWN in number, together with Mr. Clarke,the supercargo, attempted to reach PortJackson in the ships longboat, whichwas saved from the wreck. In this, how-ever, they failed, the boat being drivenashore near Cape Howe and lost. Thelittle party, led by Clarke, then set offfor the settlement at Sydney by land.The journey proved a difficult and ad-venturous undertaking, and only threeof the seventeen succeeded in reachingPort Jackson, the remainder either dy-ing on the way or being killed by thenatives. On the way along the coastClarke and his companions discovereda great deal of coal, and brought speci-mens of it to the settlement. Lieuten-ant-Colonel Collins, whose Account ofNew South Wales is one of the mostreliable histories of the beginning ofAustralia, writing in regard to this mat-ter, says:— Mr. Clarke, supercargo of the shipSydney Cove, having mentio
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