When Governor Hunter came to Australia in 1795, he brought with him, on board his ship THE RELIANCE , a young surgeon called George Bass, and a midshipman called Matthew flinders. These two young comrades, with the hand of a small boat and a boy to lend a hand would push the envelope of Australian discovery, and initially with such scanty resources, but ample courage against danger, evading death from the terrible seas on their small vessel to outwitting natives who had them at spear point. Bass would later in his career meet an uncertain but likely grim fate, while Flinders would toil away to enlightened Britain and Christendom back home as to the terrain and peculiarities of this strange new continent which was fast enrapturing the public’s fancy.

This second chapter discusses the first instance of colonization by the British navy and the unruly convicts. There journey over to Australia was filled with many perils, from diseases onboard that wiped out large numbers, to stunted first attempts at agriculture that threatened famine, many a convict felt game enough to try there luck at freedom by escaping into the uncharted scrub beyond there captors reach, only to be sun scorched or famished to death. Such was the trials and anxieties that this first wave of British in this great southern land faced.

This is a detailed history of the discovery of Australia and New Zealand and these nations colonization up until 1890. The role of convicts and natives are discussed although most of the history involves the political, social, and economic development of the two countries. It presents an unbiased general history.

Balaam told King Balak how to get the Israelites to commit sin by enticing them with miscegenation and food sacrificed to idols. The Israelites fell into transgression due to these traps and God sent a deadly plague to them as a result (Numbers 31:16). The curse of Balaam is generally used to mean that having anything to do with non-Israelite/Adamic people brings on the wrath of Yahweh. This book correctly contends that Gods commission to avoid these alien races is still in effect.

The religion of the early Norse exhibits customs and rituals which bear an amazing correspondence to the religion of the Hebrew Old Testament. Can all of this be just a coincidence, or is there a connection? Here is the interesting evidence.

The Israelites swore to obey Yahweh’s commandments on Mount Sinai. This oath was binding forever and was even passed down through generation to generation. Since the Europeans descend from the Israelites, even if we are ignorant of that fact we are still under that oath. We are obligated to keep the commandments of God and if we don’t “he will punish us for all our iniquity.”