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Nineteenth-Century Travel Writing
Henry Savery (1791-1842) was a sugar-refiner, editor, insurance broker, convict and author. Savery was trading in forged cheques, and following his arrest, jumped from the ship that was taking him to America. He was sentenced to death, however this was commuted in 1825 to transportation for life. However, as an educated convict he was favoured and was granted a ticket of leave in 1832. The preface to this text highlighted that the object of The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land was to provide information on the manners and society of the colony of Van Diemen's Land, attempting to instruct and improve its readers by providing "a mirror wherein good qualities are exhibited". There are only six original copies of this work known.
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History and Memory in the Tasmanian Public Library
2009
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— Appears in: History Australia , April vol. 6 no. 1 2009; (p. 10.1-10.2) Although public libraries have been generally characterised in academic literature as repositories of public memory along with museums and archives, little specific work has been undertaken in Australia into how the public library performs this roles, and how the public library influences, or responds to, the development of historical consciousness and the vicissitudes of social memory within its community. This article considers these questions through a case study of the Tasmanian Public Library in Hobart and a particularly culturally significant text, The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land: From the Colonial Times (1829) by Hugh Savery. The circumstances surrounding the acquisition and the subsequent disposal of a copy of The Hermit by the Tasmanian Public Library are examined, in the context of the contested and changing value placed on the text by the institution and members of the community through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Source: Heather Gaunt. -
Some Early Australian Storytellers and Their Tales
2006
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criticism
— Appears in: Caring Cultures : Sharing Imaginations : Australia and India 2006; (p. 6-12) Bennett's article provides a brief survey of some of the earliest Australian short stories, from the 1820s to the 1870s, giving a sense of the 'lively and engaging storytelling' of early colonial Australia (11). -
Tasmania's Literary Heritage
1999
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— Appears in: 40° South : Tasmania & Beyond , Autumn no. 12 1999; (p. 19-22) -
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1965
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 January 1965; (p. 12)
— Review of The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land : From the Colonial Times 1829 collected work essay -
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1965
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 February 1965; (p. 11)
— Review of The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land : From the Colonial Times 1829 collected work essay
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1965
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February vol. 4 no. 4 1965; (p. 58)
— Review of The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land : From the Colonial Times 1829 collected work essay -
Untitled
1965
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 February 1965; (p. 11)
— Review of The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land : From the Colonial Times 1829 collected work essay -
Untitled
1965
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 January 1965; (p. 12)
— Review of The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land : From the Colonial Times 1829 collected work essay -
Some Early Australian Storytellers and Their Tales
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Caring Cultures : Sharing Imaginations : Australia and India 2006; (p. 6-12) Bennett's article provides a brief survey of some of the earliest Australian short stories, from the 1820s to the 1870s, giving a sense of the 'lively and engaging storytelling' of early colonial Australia (11). -
Tasmania's Literary Heritage
1999
single work
criticism
essay
— Appears in: 40° South : Tasmania & Beyond , Autumn no. 12 1999; (p. 19-22) -
History and Memory in the Tasmanian Public Library
2009
single work
essay
— Appears in: History Australia , April vol. 6 no. 1 2009; (p. 10.1-10.2) Although public libraries have been generally characterised in academic literature as repositories of public memory along with museums and archives, little specific work has been undertaken in Australia into how the public library performs this roles, and how the public library influences, or responds to, the development of historical consciousness and the vicissitudes of social memory within its community. This article considers these questions through a case study of the Tasmanian Public Library in Hobart and a particularly culturally significant text, The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land: From the Colonial Times (1829) by Hugh Savery. The circumstances surrounding the acquisition and the subsequent disposal of a copy of The Hermit by the Tasmanian Public Library are examined, in the context of the contested and changing value placed on the text by the institution and members of the community through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Source: Heather Gaunt.