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y separately published work icon Memoirs of a Chequered Life single work   prose   travel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1862... 1862 Memoirs of a Chequered Life
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Affiliation Notes

  • Nineteenth-Century Travel Writing

    Written retrospectively, Charles Stretton's (1811-1878) lengthy Memoirs of a Chequered Life is divided into three volumes. The first dealt with his life prior to his journey to Australia. In Australia, Stretton provided a detailed account of his life, including melodramatic anecdotes of adventure, murders, excessive drinking, gold digging, comic scenes, fraud, and general dissolution within the colony of Victoria.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Richard Bentley ,       1862 .
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      Extent: 3 volumes (x, 326; 337; 310 p), 1 leaf of platep.
      Description: illus., port.

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Location: Hobart Reading Room
      Local Id: CRO 920. STR

      Holdings

      Held at: Monash University Monash University Library Sir Louis Matheson Library
      Location: Rare General Collection: Special Collections Reading Room, Matheson
      Local Id: 919.45 S915M

      Holdings

      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Location: Main Reading Room
      Count: 6
      Local Id: NL 920.042 STR

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Victoria
      Local Id: SLT 923.9 ST8

      Holdings

      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
      Local Id: DSM/A823/S SET

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Sydney The University of Sydney Library
      Local Id: RB 1562.35
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