Sentence examples for unsuitable settlement from inspiring English sources

They didn't set up camp however, as Commander Arthur Phillip was a fusspot and thought the tough soil and lack of fresh water made for an unsuitable settlement.

Today dense "bush" survives only in areas unsuitable for settlement and in parks and reserves.

Similarly, the Little Desert, which straddles the state's western boundary just to the south of the Big Desert, consists of deep sands, deficient in zinc and copper, that render the land unsuitable for settlement.

Still, Germany's landmass was small relative to Russia's, her overseas possessions unsuitable to settlement, and her sense of beleaguerment acute in the face of the "Slavic threat".

Finding the bay too exposed for safe anchorage and the surrounding country unsuitable for settlement, he looked farther north and soon discovered the entrance to Port Jackson only a few miles away.

As a result, these sites became unsuitable for settlement and abandoned.

The immediate environment of dumpsites is usually considered as unsuitable for settlement by those who can choose where they live.

The site of Malmedy was probably already settled before the foundation of the abbey, despite etymology seeming to indicate Malmedy may have been unsuitable for settlement.

It had been observed by ships of the First Fleet of convicts from England under the command of Arthur Phillip who was just leaving for Port Jackson after deciding that Botany Bay was unsuitable for settlement.

The whole area is unsuitable for permanent settlement.

The government had stated that the lands of the Ojibwa were unsuitable for farming and white settlement.