Burke Manuscript

Burke Manuscript: Page 005

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[loose page inside front cover]

There was a [piece missing] overflow into Canterbury from the Gabriel’s Otago rush – The Melbourne crowd of used ups, last ups, rag, tag and bobtail, after going through in Otago, amongst the old identities, of the habitual Victorian performances of cutting contracts, competition, bankruptcy and fraud, exhausted the South, and made for Canterbury. The place became loaded with builders and contractors, such as McRae, Dobson, &c&c.