Marcus Clarke 
Stories of Australia [PDF ebook] 
In the Early Days

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The extent of the Governor’s authority by this commission is defined to reach from 43(deg) 30′ south to lat. 100 37′ south 5 and commencing again at the 1350 of longitude east of Greenwich, it proceeds in an easterly direction, and includes all islands within the limits of the specified latitudes in the Pacific Ocean? As far as regarded his authority over his governed subjects, he was absolute; he had no council; he could imprison at will, and pardon at will.