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'Statistical view of Van Diemen's Land' title page
y separately published work icon A Statistical View of Van Diemen's Land, Comprising its Geography, Geology, Climate, Health and Duration of Life, Divisions of the Island, Number of the Houses, Expenses of the People, Manufacturers, Habits, Literature, Amusements, Roads, and Public Works, Unappropriate Land, Commercial Property, Nature of Plants and Animals, Price of Labour, and Other Useful Information, up to the Year 1831, Forming a Complete Emigrant's Guide. single work   prose   travel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1832... 1832 A Statistical View of Van Diemen's Land, Comprising its Geography, Geology, Climate, Health and Duration of Life, Divisions of the Island, Number of the Houses, Expenses of the People, Manufacturers, Habits, Literature, Amusements, Roads, and Public Works, Unappropriate Land, Commercial Property, Nature of Plants and Animals, Price of Labour, and Other Useful Information, up to the Year 1831, Forming a Complete Emigrant's Guide.
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Affiliation Notes

  • 19th-Century Australian Travel Writing

    Charles Medyett Goodridge survived the shipwreck of the cutter, The Princess of Wales. This emigrant guide to Van Diemen's Land has been attributed to Goodridge (1796-), who also authored Narrative of a Voyage to the South Seas (1832). Goodridge's account was drawn together from a range of sources, including the appendix to the Van Diemen's Almanack for 1831 (by Mr. Ross, editor of the Hobart Town Courier), as well as extracts, newspaper clippings and publications from Hobart Town collected during his four-year residence. The pamphlet briefly described health, geography, climate, housing, expenses, literature, manufacturing, leisure, property, fauna, and flora, and features two maps.

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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Hamilton and Adams ,       1832 .
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      'Statistical view of Van Diemen's Land' title page
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      Holdings

      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Local Id: FRM F1537

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      Held at: State Library of Victoria
      Local Id: RARELT 919.46 G62S

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      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
      Local Id: 386/35A1

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      Held at: State Library of South Australia State Library of SA
      Local Id: 994.6T

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      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: HC607.T38 G65 1832
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Subjects:
  • Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), Tasmania,
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