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1839...
1839
The Hand-Book for Australian Emigrants; Being a Descriptive History of Australia, and Containing an Account of the Climate, Soil, and Natural Productions of New South Wales, South Australia, and Swan River Settlement; The Facilities they Offer for Emigration; the Terms Upon which Land is Purchased in Each; the Advantages they Present for Increasing the Capital of the Emigrant, and Furnishing a Profitable Market for his Labour
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19th-Century Australian Travel Writing
Samuel Butler’s emigrant guide The Hand-Book for Australian Emigrants extensively detailed the history and geography of New South Wales and South Australia and gives a short description of Western Australia. Butler provides an illustration of the society and Aboriginal populations in each colony, as well as specific emigration matters: what to bring on the voyage to Australia, the cost of living for different classes, the benefits of emigrating to Australia (in particular New South Wales), and in which towns an emigrant could settle.
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Subjects:
- New South Wales,
- South Australia,
- Western Australia,
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