Land, Labour, and Gold 2 Volume Set

Two Years in Victoria: with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land

William Howitt (Autor)

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848 Seiten

2011
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-02572-0 (ISBN)

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In 1852, William Howitt arrived in Melbourne, the new and burgeoning capital of Victoria, and headed for the Australian goldfields. His lively description of the growing city, the huge numbers of prospectors and profiteers, and the hardships of travel and mining, was published in 1855 after his return to London.

In 1852 William Howitt (1792–1879) set sail for Australia 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 new colony, published in 1855 after his return to England, provides an extraordinary snapshot of the rapid early growth of Melbourne. Volume 1 covers his first impressions of Australia, his experiences on the journey to the diggings at Bendigo, and the miners' protest over licence fees. He describes the hard life endured by the diggers and warns against women coming to the colony. Volume 2 considers the effects of the influx of a great number of immigrants and the presence of convicts. Howitt also reflects on government policy and the draft constitution, and describes visits to Sydney and Tasmania.

Volume 1: Preface; 1. Signs of approach to land; 2. First sample of scenery; 3. Scenes in Melbourne - rage for gain in tradesmen; 4. Still Melbourne, and glimpses of its neighbourhood - projecting our journey; 5. On the way; 6. Break down; 7. Scene on passing Sandy Creek; 8. Author attacked by dysentery; 9. Rise of charges as we proceed; 10. Ovens diggings; 11. Diggers' propensities - firing guns and felling trees; 12. Stealing away; 13. Digging up the creek; 14. Fresh throngs on the diggings; 15. Leave the Yackandanda; 16. Immense growth of Melbourne; 17. On the road again; 18. Struggling up the road again; 19. Aspect of diggings and diggers; 20. On the way to Bendigo; 21. Bendigo diggings; 22. Digger insurrection. Volume 2: Preface; 1. Signs of approach to land; 2. First sample of scenery; 3. Scenes in Melbourne - rage for gain in tradesmen; 4. Still Melbourne, and glimpses of its neighbourhood - projecting our journey; 5. On the way; 6. Break down; 7. Scene on passing Sandy Creek; 8. Author attacked by dysentery; 9. Rise of charges as we proceed; 10. Ovens diggings; 11. Diggers' propensities - firing guns and felling trees; 12. Stealing away; 13. Digging up the creek; 14. Fresh throngs on the diggings; 15. Leave the Yackandanda; 16. Immense growth of Melbourne; 17. On the road again; 18. Struggling up the road again; 19. Aspect of diggings and diggers; 20. On the way to Bendigo; 21. Bendigo diggings; 22. Digger insurrection.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.2.2011
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	252 x 330 mm
Gewicht	1410 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-108-02572-2 / 1108025722
ISBN-13	978-1-108-02572-0 / 9781108025720
Zustand	Neuware