agricultural-station

Updated: May 5, 2025

All this did not, however, hinder the officers from making many interesting excursions, such as those to Paramatta, on the banks of the Nepean, a river very deeply embanked, where they visited the Regent Ville district; and to the "plains of Emu," a government agricultural-station, and a sort of model farm. They went to the theatre, where a grand performance was given in their honour.

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers: Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century