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Issue Details: First known date: 1891... 1891 Land-Travel and Sea-Faring
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Affiliation Notes

  • Nineteenth-Century Travel Writing

    Morley Roberts (1857-1942) was an English writer and novelist who published a wide range of works. Land-Travel and Sea-Faring chronicled Roberts’ experiences in Victoria and New South Wales as a young man in the late 1870s, originally published in the Cornhill, Murray's Magazine, and the Field. Conversational in tone, it described the passage to Australia, life in the colonies, flora and fauna, and the people Roberts encountered. It was illustrated by A. D. McCormick. Roberts’ journey to Australia was the first of his many travels to continental Europe, North and Central America, South Africa, and the Pacific Islands, many of which were published as travel narratives. An educated, entertaining, and prolific writer (best known for The Western Avernus [1887], about his American travels), Roberts was adventurous in his travel: he travelled to Australia by steerage (he could have afforded better) and worked his return voyage as a sailor “before the mast.”

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,
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      Lawrence and Bullen ,
      1891 .
      image of person or book cover 2493144693914044928.png
      Link: 21952233Full text document Sighted: 02/06/2021
      Extent: viii, 259 p., [5] leaves of platesp.
      Description: illus. (b & w)

      Holdings

      Held at: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies AIATSIS Library
      Local Id: RB R646.11/L1

      Holdings

      Held at: Adelaide University Barr Smith Library
      Local Id: J14535

      Holdings

      Held at: La Trobe University Bundoora campus, Borchardt Library
      Local Id: 994.031 R646Xa1

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Location: Hobart Reading Room
      Local Id: AUD 919.01

      Holdings

      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Location: Main Reading Room
      Count: 2
      Local Id: NL 919.4 ROB

      Holdings

      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
      Local Id: DSM/981/R

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Queensland State Library of QLD
      Local Id: G 919.45 1891

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Newcastle Auchmuty Library
      Local Id: 919.4/243

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Sydney The University of Sydney Library
      Location: Rare Books & Special Collections
      Local Id: RB 1591.28

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Tasmania Morris Miller Library
      Local Id: DU 102 .R6 1891

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Western Australia Library
      Location: Reid Library
      Local Id: 919.45 1891 LAN

Works about this Work

Uncovering Hidden Travellers' Accounts of Australia Neil A Radford , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries , March vol. 32 no. 1 2006; (p. 3-15)
Discusses some published accounts of visits to Australia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Uncovering Hidden Travellers' Accounts of Australia Neil A Radford , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries , March vol. 32 no. 1 2006; (p. 3-15)
Discusses some published accounts of visits to Australia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Last amended 14 Mar 2022 16:33:11
Subjects:
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    Australia,
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  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • 1878-1880
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