AUSTRALIA.
[special to globe.] SYDNEY, August 13. Mr Robert Wisdom, Barrister, and member for Morpeth, has been appointed Attorney-General. According to the news from Brisbane, the punishment inflicted on the natives of Brooker Island by H.M. schooner Beagle has had a salutary effect. SYDNEY, August 13. H.M.S. Beagle inflicted severe punishment on the Cloudy Bay natives, for murdering Europeans. She burnt their villages, and obtemed the remnants of the victims. A launch, with fifteen men aboard, has gone down to Torres Straits pearl fishing.
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Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1711, 14 August 1879, Page 2
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84AUSTRALIA. Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1711, 14 August 1879, Page 2
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