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Up the Hooghly with James Hingston
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Wanderings in India : Australian Perspectives 2012; (p. 105-125)'James Hingston (1830–1902) was born in London and arrived in Victoria in 1852, where he practised as a notary public, an agent authorised to draw up legal documents (Walker 2005:179–180). He built up considerable personal wealth from investing wisely in commercial opportunities following the goldrush era in Melbourne. Hingston never married and lived for over 30 years in his bedroom at the George Hotel, St Kilda, amid large piles of books and papers and a growing reputation for eccentricity. An indefatigable reader, he knew Shakespeare’s plays almost by heart and was considered one of Melbourne’s great raconteurs. He died at Exmouth, in England, in 1902.' (Introduction)
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The Antique Orient
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Wanderings in India : Australian Perspectives 2012; (p. 3-19)'From the earliest days of the British settlement of Australia, India and the crown colony of Ceylon were a familiar part of the colonists’ world. As Margaret Steven (1965:26) has noted ‘the first links made by the new colony were with India’. When supplies ran short, as they often did, ships from Calcutta brought grain, foodstuffs, spirits, clothing and live animals. India provided a lifeline for the new settlement. Many trading and shipping connections then developed, creating an increasing flow of administrators, merchants, army personnel, clergy and tourists between the Indian subcontinent and Australia. Australians constantly heard about the conditions of life in India, along with its scenic marvels, architecture, philosophies, mysteries and climate. Australia’s Indian connection was to remain strong for much of the 19th century.' (Introduction)
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Australian Journalists, Travel Writing and China : James Hingston, the 'Vagabond' and G. E. Morrison
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , June vol. 32 no. 2 2008; (p. 237-250) The article 'investigates the relationship between the extensive popular "knowledge" of China and the experience of actually being there in the travel writing of three influential nineteenth-century Australian journalists' (237). -
Travelling Asia : Home and Away
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Story / Telling 2001; (p. 87-98)
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Australian Journalists, Travel Writing and China : James Hingston, the 'Vagabond' and G. E. Morrison
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , June vol. 32 no. 2 2008; (p. 237-250) The article 'investigates the relationship between the extensive popular "knowledge" of China and the experience of actually being there in the travel writing of three influential nineteenth-century Australian journalists' (237). -
Travelling Asia : Home and Away
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Story / Telling 2001; (p. 87-98) -
The Antique Orient
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Wanderings in India : Australian Perspectives 2012; (p. 3-19)'From the earliest days of the British settlement of Australia, India and the crown colony of Ceylon were a familiar part of the colonists’ world. As Margaret Steven (1965:26) has noted ‘the first links made by the new colony were with India’. When supplies ran short, as they often did, ships from Calcutta brought grain, foodstuffs, spirits, clothing and live animals. India provided a lifeline for the new settlement. Many trading and shipping connections then developed, creating an increasing flow of administrators, merchants, army personnel, clergy and tourists between the Indian subcontinent and Australia. Australians constantly heard about the conditions of life in India, along with its scenic marvels, architecture, philosophies, mysteries and climate. Australia’s Indian connection was to remain strong for much of the 19th century.' (Introduction)
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Up the Hooghly with James Hingston
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Wanderings in India : Australian Perspectives 2012; (p. 105-125)'James Hingston (1830–1902) was born in London and arrived in Victoria in 1852, where he practised as a notary public, an agent authorised to draw up legal documents (Walker 2005:179–180). He built up considerable personal wealth from investing wisely in commercial opportunities following the goldrush era in Melbourne. Hingston never married and lived for over 30 years in his bedroom at the George Hotel, St Kilda, amid large piles of books and papers and a growing reputation for eccentricity. An indefatigable reader, he knew Shakespeare’s plays almost by heart and was considered one of Melbourne’s great raconteurs. He died at Exmouth, in England, in 1902.' (Introduction)