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Te Ika a Maui
Or, New Zealand and its Inhabitants, Illustrating the Origin, Manners, Customs, Mythology, Religion, Rites, Songs, Proverbs, Fables, and Language of the Natives
Häftad, 2010
838 kr
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Reverend Richard Taylor (1805-1873) was an English missionary, who wrote extensively on Maori culture and the plant and animal life of New Zealand. Taylor graduated from Queens' College, Cambridge in 1828 and was ordained as an Anglican priest the same year. After serving as a curate in the Isle of …
My Home in Tasmania
During a Residence of Nine Years
Häftad, 2010
485 kr
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Louisa Anne Meredith's account of her life in Tasmania was published in 1852. She was an experienced traveller, and this work is remarkable for being the first detailed account by a woman of life in the colony. Its shrewd observations and descriptive personal narrative make it an engaging read, as …
My Home in Tasmania
During a Residence of Nine Years
Häftad, 2010
475 kr
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Louisa Anne Meredith's account of her life in Tasmania was published in 1852. She was an experienced traveller, and this work is remarkable for being the first detailed account by a woman of life in the colony. Its shrewd observations and descriptive personal narrative make it an engaging read, as …
The History of New South Wales
Including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney, and all its Dependancies, from the Original Discovery of the Island
Häftad, 2010
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Described by the London Chronicle as 'the genteelest thief ever remembered at the Old Bailey', during the 1770s the dandy, actor and pickpocket George Barrington acquired infamy throughout Great Britain. His prosecution and conviction in 1790 merely served to intensify popular interest and ensured …
The British Colonization of New Zealand
Being an Account of the Principles, Objects, and Plans of the New Zealand Association
Häftad, 2011
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Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862) was a controversial colonial advocate and political theorist, who was the driving force behind the early colonization of New Zealand and South Australia. Barred from entering parliament after serving a three-year sentence in Newgate Prison, Wakefield read widely …
Oceana, or, England and her Colonies
Häftad, 2010
720 kr
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James Anthony Froude (1818-1894) was one of the foremost historians in Victorian England, though he was often controversial and opinionated, especially towards Catholicism. His 1884 biography of Thomas Carlyle (which will also be reissued in this series), with its emphasis on Carlyle's weaknesses …
Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844
With Some Account of the Beginning of the British Colonization of the Islands
Av Edward Jerningham Wakefield, Sir Robert Stout
Häftad, 2010
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Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1820-1876) was the son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862), who was the driving force behind the early colonization of New Zealand and South Australia, founding the New Zealand Association in 1837 with the aim of creating a colony in that country. His son was …
Notes and Sketches of New South Wales
During a Residence in that Colony from 1839 to 1844
Häftad, 2010
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Louisa Anne Meredith (1812-1895) had published poetry, journalism, and books on flowers before emigrating to Australia in 1839. Her account of her journey there and her early impressions of the people were somewhat derogatory, and caused considerable offence in Sydney, although the book was widely …
Land, Labour, and Gold
Two Years in Victoria: with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land
Häftad, 2011
687 kr
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In 1852 William Howitt (1792-1879) set sail for Australia with two of his sons in order to try his luck in the goldfields of Victoria. By then he was already a prolifically published author of both prose and verse. He was only moderately successful as a gold-digger, but his account of life in the …
Land, Labour, and Gold
Two Years in Victoria: with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land
Häftad, 2011
619 kr
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In 1852 William Howitt (1792-1879) set sail for Australia with two of his sons in order to try his luck in the goldfields of Victoria. By then he was already a prolifically published author of both prose and verse. He was only moderately successful as a gold-digger, but his account of life in the …
Six Months among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands
The Hawaiian Archipelago
Häftad, 2011
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Recommended an open-air life from an early age as a cure for physical and nervous difficulties, the indefatigable Isabella Bird (1831-1904) toured the United States and Canada, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, the Far East, India, Turkey, Persia and Kurdistan. Her accounts of her travels, written in …
The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand
From the Earliest Date to the Present Day
Häftad, 2011
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The prolific writer William Howitt (1792-1879) embarked for Australia in 1852 and spent two years there travelling and panning for gold. His experiences resulted in several books that appealed to the Victorian public's avid interest in Antipodean exploration. Published in 1865, when New Zealand had …
The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand
From the Earliest Date to the Present Day
Häftad, 2011
720 kr
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The prolific writer William Howitt (1792-1879) embarked for Australia in 1852 and spent two years there travelling and panning for gold. His experiences resulted in several books that appealed to the Victorian public's avid interest in Antipodean exploration. Published in 1865, when New Zealand had …
Station Life in New Zealand
Häftad, 2011
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Written by the adventurous and widely travelled Lady Mary Anne Barker (1831-1911), this 1870 publication records 'the expeditions, adventures, and emergencies diversifying the daily life of the wife of a New Zealand sheep farmer'. Born in Jamaica and educated in England and France, Barker married …
The Convict King
Being the Life and Adventures of Jorgen Jorgenson
Av Jorgen Jorgenson, James Francis Hogan
Häftad, 2011
475 kr
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James Francis Hogan (1855-1924) wrote several histories of Irish colonisation in Australia. His family emigrated to Melbourne in 1856 where he became a respected author. After returning to Britain in 1893 he was elected a Member of Parliament, and he later became Professor of Irish History at …
History of Australia
Häftad, 2011
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When George William Rusden (1819-1903) was fourteen, his family emigrated from England to Australia, where he later became a prominent educationalist and civil servant. Already an author of numerous books and pamphlets, he began work on his History of Australia after his retirement, and it was …
History of Australia
Häftad, 2011
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When George William Rusden (1819-1903) was fourteen, his family emigrated from England to Australia, where he later became a prominent educationalist and civil servant. Already an author of numerous books and pamphlets, he began work on his History of Australia after his retirement, and it was …
History of Australia
Häftad, 2011
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When George William Rusden (1819-1903) was fourteen, his family emigrated from England to Australia, where he later became a prominent educationalist and civil servant. Already an author of numerous books and pamphlets, he began work on his History of Australia after his retirement, and it was …
State Experiments in Australia and New Zealand
Häftad, 2011
636 kr
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William Pember Reeves' scholarly work of 1902 provides a full and candid account of radical and experimental laws in Australia and New Zealand. From the Anti-Chinese Acts of 1881 to the adoption of the women's franchise by the Commonwealth Parliament in Australia in 1902, the two volumes survey all …
State Experiments in Australia and New Zealand
Häftad, 2011
636 kr
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William Pember Reeves' scholarly work of 1902 provides a full and candid account of radical and experimental laws in Australia and New Zealand. From the Anti-Chinese Acts of 1881 to the adoption of the women's franchise by the Commonwealth Parliament in Australia in 1902, the two volumes survey all …
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia
With Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix and of the Present Colony of New South Wales
Häftad, 2011
720 kr
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Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (1792-1855) was an acclaimed surveyor and explorer of Australia. After attending the University of Edinburgh Mitchell joined the British Army in 1811. He took part in major battles of the Peninsular War and difficult military surveys in the Pyrenees. In 1827 he was …
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia
With Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix and of the Present Colony of New South Wales
Häftad, 2011
720 kr
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Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (1792-1855) was an acclaimed surveyor and explorer of Australia. After attending the University of Edinburgh Mitchell joined the British Army in 1811. He took part in major battles of the Peninsular War and difficult military surveys in the Pyrenees. In 1827 he was …
The Australians
A Social Sketch
Av Francis William Lauderdale Adams
Häftad, 2011
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Best-known for the scandalous circumstances surrounding his suicide in 1893, Francis Adams (1862-1893) enjoyed a reputation as a proficient, if unpredictable, writer producing a large volume of work in his relatively short life. Adams moved to Australia in the early 1880s, remaining there for …
Labour and Industry in Australia
From the First Settlement in 1788 to the Establishment of the Commonwealth in 1901
Häftad, 2011
787 kr
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Sir Timothy Coghlan (1855-1926) was the statistician for New South Wales from 1886. He produced the world's first example of national financial accounts, and is regarded as Australia's first 'mandarin'. His advice was sought by state and federal governments on matters as diverse as tax, public …
Labour and Industry in Australia
From the First Settlement in 1788 to the Establishment of the Commonwealth in 1901
Häftad, 2011
803 kr
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Sir Timothy Coghlan (1855-1926) was the statistician for New South Wales from 1886. He produced the world's first example of national financial accounts, and is regarded as Australia's first 'mandarin'. His advice was sought by state and federal governments on matters as diverse as tax, public …
Labour and Industry in Australia
From the First Settlement in 1788 to the Establishment of the Commonwealth in 1901
Häftad, 2011
803 kr
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Sir Timothy Coghlan (1855-1926) was the statistician for New South Wales from 1886. He produced the world's first example of national financial accounts, and is regarded as Australia's first 'mandarin'. His advice was sought by state and federal governments on matters as diverse as tax, public …
Labour and Industry in Australia
From the First Settlement in 1788 to the Establishment of the Commonwealth in 1901
Häftad, 2011
871 kr
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Sir Timothy Coghlan (1855-1926) was the statistician for New South Wales from 1886. He produced the world's first example of national financial accounts, and is regarded as Australia's first 'mandarin'. His advice was sought by state and federal governments on matters as diverse as tax, public …
The Progress of Australasia in the Nineteenth Century
Häftad, 2011
656 kr
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Sir Timothy Coghlan (1855-1926) was the statistician for New South Wales from 1886, and is regarded as Australia's first 'Mandarin'. His advice was sought by state and federal governments on matters as diverse as tax, public sanitation and infant mortality. In 1905 he took up an appointment as New …
An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales, Both as a Penal Settlement and as a British Colony
Häftad, 2011
636 kr
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The first prominent advocate of Australian republicanism, Scottish-born John Dunmore Lang (1799-1878) is an important figure in the history of his adopted country. This two-volume work, originally published in 1834, presents a series of chapters illustrating Australia's history and its condition in …
An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales, Both as a Penal Settlement and as a British Colony
Häftad, 2011
720 kr
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The first prominent advocate of Australian republicanism, Scottish-born John Dunmore Lang (1799-1878) is an important figure in the history of his adopted country. This two-volume work, originally published in 1834, presents a series of chapters illustrating Australia's history and its condition in …
