I just stumbled on this gem. I have also posted on Steve Keens website as thought it might make a few of his followers explode.
"At last we anchored within Sydney Cove; the number of large houses just finished & other building is truly surprising; nevertheless every one complains of the high rents & difficulty in procuring a house."
- Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary, 12 January, 1836
http://literature.org/authors/darwin-charles/the-voyage-of-the-beagle/chapter-19.html
"At last we anchored within Sydney Cove; the number of large houses just finished & other building is truly surprising; nevertheless every one complains of the high rents & difficulty in procuring a house."
- Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary, 12 January, 1836
http://literature.org/authors/darwin-charles/the-voyage-of-the-beagle/chapter-19.html