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'Friedrich Gerstäcker, the most illustrious and prolific of German travel writers, set foot in Australia in March 1851, having walked across the Andes, traipsed the goldfields of California, and sailed over the Pacific in search of new adventures.
'Gerstäcker found adventures aplenty in Australia. He rowed and trekked down the Murray, absorbed the excitement triggered by the discovery of gold, visited his countrymen in South Australia, and trained his outsider's eyes on a colonial society gripped by profound change.
'In this translated edition of Gerstäcker's book Australien, his lively travelogue is made available for the first time in English. Rarely has Australia's colonial past been presented with such insight, humour and entertainment.' (Publication summary : Australia : A German Traveller in the Age of Gold)
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Edited, annotated and partly translated by Peter Monteath.
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[Book Review] Australia : A German Traveller in the Age of Gold - Friedrich Gerstacker
2017
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— Appears in: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , June vol. 103 no. 1 2017; (p. 95-97)'Peter Monteath’s publication of an English-language version of Gerstäcker’s Australien makes a worthwhile contribution to early Australian history. Many authors wrote of their travels in Australia; for example, George Theodore Blakers’ account of life in Australia from 1849-64; Anthony Trollope’s travels in the early 1870s in Australia and New Zealand, and Adolph Würfel, influenced by Trollope, (K.M. Reynolds, Romanticism, Culture and Migration – the diary of Adolf Würfel) covering the period from 1876-1877, and Mark Twain, The Wayward Tourist (1895). Also there were settlers, who wrote of their first-hand experiences in Australia.' (Introduction)
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Friedrich Gerstäcker, Australia: A German Traveller in the Age of Gold Edited by Peter Monteath (Wakefield Press, 2016)
2017
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— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 9 no. 2 2017; 'Sometimes it is only possible to see something clearly by choosing to view it through a different perspective. Travel writing offers an insight into foreign places through the perspective of a foreigner. There are ethical considerations to keep in mind when providing a commentary on a place a person has only perused for a few hours or days, yet for travellers who take the time to immerse themselves long-term in a particular region, there can be much to learn from their insight.' (Introduction) -
[Review Essay] Australia : A German Traveller in the Age of Gold
2017
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— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics & History , March vol. 63 no. 1 2017; (p. 140–141) 'Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of German novelist, and travel writer, Friedrich Gerstäcker’s birth, the account of his journey through Australia in 1851 has been made available in English, for the first time (originally published in German in 1854) — translated by a team of seven, edited by Peter Monteath, and published by Wakefield Press.' (Introduction) -
Australia: A German Traveller in the Age of Gold Friedrich Gerstäcker Edited by Peter Monteath
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— Appears in: Good Reading , November 2016; (p. 54) -
Christopher Menz Reviews 'Australia : A German Traveller in the Age of Gold' by Friedrich Gerstäcker
2016
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 385 2016; (p. 15)
— Review of Reisen : Vierter Band : Australien 1854 single work prose
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Christopher Menz Reviews 'Australia : A German Traveller in the Age of Gold' by Friedrich Gerstäcker
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 385 2016; (p. 15)
— Review of Reisen : Vierter Band : Australien 1854 single work prose -
Australia: A German Traveller in the Age of Gold Friedrich Gerstäcker Edited by Peter Monteath
2016
single work
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— Appears in: Good Reading , November 2016; (p. 54) -
Friedrich Gerstäcker, Australia: A German Traveller in the Age of Gold Edited by Peter Monteath (Wakefield Press, 2016)
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 9 no. 2 2017; 'Sometimes it is only possible to see something clearly by choosing to view it through a different perspective. Travel writing offers an insight into foreign places through the perspective of a foreigner. There are ethical considerations to keep in mind when providing a commentary on a place a person has only perused for a few hours or days, yet for travellers who take the time to immerse themselves long-term in a particular region, there can be much to learn from their insight.' (Introduction) -
[Book Review] Australia : A German Traveller in the Age of Gold - Friedrich Gerstacker
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , June vol. 103 no. 1 2017; (p. 95-97)'Peter Monteath’s publication of an English-language version of Gerstäcker’s Australien makes a worthwhile contribution to early Australian history. Many authors wrote of their travels in Australia; for example, George Theodore Blakers’ account of life in Australia from 1849-64; Anthony Trollope’s travels in the early 1870s in Australia and New Zealand, and Adolph Würfel, influenced by Trollope, (K.M. Reynolds, Romanticism, Culture and Migration – the diary of Adolf Würfel) covering the period from 1876-1877, and Mark Twain, The Wayward Tourist (1895). Also there were settlers, who wrote of their first-hand experiences in Australia.' (Introduction)
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[Review Essay] Australia : A German Traveller in the Age of Gold
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics & History , March vol. 63 no. 1 2017; (p. 140–141) 'Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of German novelist, and travel writer, Friedrich Gerstäcker’s birth, the account of his journey through Australia in 1851 has been made available in English, for the first time (originally published in German in 1854) — translated by a team of seven, edited by Peter Monteath, and published by Wakefield Press.' (Introduction)
