Name/TitleAustralia, or, notes taken during a residence in the colonies from the gold discovery in 1851 till 1857
MakerJust, P.
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectA description of the gold-rush period to 1857, particularly in Victoria, with statistics and tables. Other chapters include: an account of steam postal communications between Great Britain and Australia; the exploration of the Murray River; the Chinese in Victoria; reasons for emigration, morality, customs and manners.
The writer was sketcher, author and merchant, was in Victoria from 1851 to 1857.
The chromolithographed frontispiece, Falls of the Yarra Yarra Melbourne , showing Dight’s Mill, is after one of his sketches.
Ferguson, no. 11041.
Period1850-1860
PublisherDurham and Thomson
Publication Date1859
Publication PlaceDundee, Scotland
Subject and Association KeywordsGold and gold mining
Subject and Association KeywordsPioneers
Subject and Association KeywordsMurray River (N.S.W. - Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsEmigration and immigration
Subject and Association KeywordsChinese community
Subject and Association KeywordsPostal service
Subject and Association KeywordsCanvas Town
Subject and Association KeywordsStatistics
Subject and Association KeywordsMurray River (N.S.W. - Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsPersonal narratives
Named CollectionLibrary
Object TypeBook
Object numberLIB 012944
Spine Label919.994 JUS
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