| Main Title: |
Our antipodes / by Godfrey Charles Mundy ; abbreviated and with an introduction by D.W.A. Baker. |
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| Author: |
Mundy, Godfrey Charles, 1804-1860
Baker, D. W. A. (Donald William Archdall), 1922-
Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
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| Publisher: |
Canberra : Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Australian National University, |
| Collation: |
xvii, 305 p. : illustrations, paperback ; 23 cm. |
| Summary: |
Ch. I. Arrival in Sydney -- Ch. II. The convict taint -- Ch. III. Colonial history and a trip to the Bush -- Ch. IV. The Blue Mountains -- Ch. V. Across the Blue Mountains -- Ch. VI. Aborigines -- Ch. VII. Squatters and squatting -- Ch. VIII. Life in the Bush -- Ch. IX. The squatting districts -- Ch. X. Wellington and Bathurst -- Ch. XI. Sydney society -- Ch. XII. (1848) Sydney again -- Ch. XIII. Excursion to Illawarra, or the five islands -- Ch. XIV. Emigration -- Ch. XV. Transportation -- Ch. XVI. Excursion to Van Diemen's land -- Ch. XVII. Van Diemen's land -- Ch. XVIII. Port Arthur -- Ch. XIX. Northern Tasmania -- Ch. XX. Port Phillip -- Ch. XXI. The gold discovery -- Ch. XXII. Ophir and the Turon -- Ch. XXIII. The Turon; conclusion.
"This abridgement of Godfrey Charles Mundy's popular three-volume work of 1852, Our Antipodes, provides the contemporary reader with an absorbing picture of colonial Australia. Dealing with Sydney and the bush, Mundy's chatty and vivid anecdotal style conveys the obstacles and issues that beset a colony growing rapidly in extent and population. Contemplating the implications of convict transportation, the desirability of free immigration, the distribution of crown lands and relations with the Indigenous population, the clarity of Mundy's writing gives fresh insight into Australia's heritage."-- Book Jacket. |
| Subject: |
Social life and customs
Description and travel
Australia
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| ISBN: |
9781740761857 1740761855 : |
| Notes: |
Abridgement of three volume 1852 edition.
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