An article about the Australian Agricultural Company
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2183383
. That the primary Object of the Company being the production of Fine Merino Wool, as an article of export to Great Britain, they propose to purchase, in the Colony, such flocks of sheep as can be procured of good quality, and to increase and improve them by importations of the purest race from Spain, and the Electoral Dominions of the King of Saxony.
To send out free and experienced Persons as Agents and Overseers; and to employ the Convicts under their superintendence and direction.
To employ Convicts, under such discipline and regulations, as may best conduce to the great object of Government, in establishing the punishment of transportation.
To send from Europe, persons skilled in the management of Merino sheep, and in the mode of assorting and preparing the fleeces for the London market. To afford, also, facilities to the diffusion of this useful knowledge throughout the Colony.
To send from Europe, persons skilled in the management of Merino sheep, and in the mode of assorting and preparing the fleeces for the London market. To afford, also, facilities to the diffusion of this useful knowledge throughout the Colony.
To promote (subordinate to the raising of fine wool) the cultivation of the olive, vine, and such productions as may appear best adapted to the climate and soil; and, with this view, to send from France, Italy, or Germany, some families skilled in the management of olive grounds and vineyards.
To encourage and assist (as far as may be found practicable) the emigration of useful Settlers, and of female Servants
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