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Dedication: To the Earl Bathurst, K. G., etc, etc, etc, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, the following work is, with his Lordship's permission, most respectfully and gratefully inscribed, by his obliged and obedient humble servant, the editor.
Affiliation Notes
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19th-Century Australian Travel Writing
Barron Field (1786-1846), Esquire was Late Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and its Dependencies at the time of editing his Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales. This collection consists of a variety of descriptions, including geological, meteorological, botanical, of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land by numerous contributors. The sections that may be classified as travel writing are: Chapters 1 (by John Oxley, Esq. Surveyor-General of the Territory) and 2 (by John Uniacke, Esq.), which detail expeditions to Port Curtis and Moreton Bay, 4 (by Mr. Alan Cunningham), regarding exploration from Bathurst to Liverpool Plains, 12 (by Captain Mark John Currie, R. N. ), which chronicles an excursion to the Southward of Lake George. The appendices detail various journeys: to New South Wales, across the Blue Mountains, to the Five Islands and Shoal Haven, on the coast of New South Wales. Generally written in a descriptive yet scientific manner, the work functions as a combination of travel and scientific observations and categorisations of aspects of New South Wales.
Contents
- Botany-Bay Flowersi"God of this planet! for that name best fits", single work poetry (p. 487-495)
- The Kangaroo Kangarooi"Kangaroo! Kangaroo!", single work poetry (p. 494-496)
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On Reading the Controversy Between Lord Byron and Mr Bowlesi"Whether a ship's poetic? - Bowles would own,",
single work
poetry
(p. 496-497)
Note: Epigraph: Anticipation is to a young country what antiquity is to an old.
- On Visiting the Spot Where Captain Cook, and Sir Joseph Banks, First Landed in Botany Bayi"Here fix the tablet:-This must be the place", single work poetry (p. 497-498)
- On Affixing a Tablet to the Memory of Captain Cook, and Sir Joseph Banks, Against the Rock of Their First Landing in Botany Bayi"I have been musing what our Banks had said,", single work poetry (p. 498)
- In Answer to Those of Mr. Montgomery Addressed to George Bennet, Esq. on His Visit to the South Seas, Deputed by the London Missionary Societyi"Welcome to Southern Seas!", single work poetry (p. 499-500)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Boomerang, Boomerang, Thou Spirit of Australia!
2009
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— Appears in: Ozwords , October vol. 18 no. 2 2009; (p. 1-3) -
Mr. Barron Field
1825
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 December no. 61 1825; (p. 2)
— Review of Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales 1825 anthology prose poetry diary
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Mr. Barron Field
1825
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 December no. 61 1825; (p. 2)
— Review of Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales 1825 anthology prose poetry diary -
Boomerang, Boomerang, Thou Spirit of Australia!
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Ozwords , October vol. 18 no. 2 2009; (p. 1-3)
- New South Wales,