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Issue Details: First known date: 1866... 1866 Past and Future. A Tale of the Early Explorers
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Romance of a midshipman, Charles Spencer, who accompanied Bass and Flinders to Bass Strait and then Flinders on his voyages in 1799 and 1801, and of his wife Phillipine who accompanied him on the 'Investigator' to Australia in 1801.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1866
Serialised by: The Australian Journal 1865 periodical (900 issues)
Notes:
Serialised in two instalments in The Australian Journal: 1.29 (17 March 1866) pp. 449-454 and 1.30 (24 March 1866) pp. 468-472.
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Subjects:
  • 1799
  • 1801
Settings:
  • c
    Australia,
    c
  • Bass Strait, Australian seas,
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