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Epigraph: Bring me those days / That rest in Memory's fabric, beautiful / And calm! - come with a tone of magic sweetness, / And make them into life. - E. F. Roberts
Affiliation Notes
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Nineteenth-Century Travel Writing
B. C. Peck’s Recollections of Sydney were provided as "an imaginary voyage... a ramble through the streets" of Sydney for those who were not able to there. In order to fulfill his illusion, the work was written in second-person diary form. Peck's narrative detailed his voyage to Sydney, mapping the urban space and its architecture to the reader, while also providing a sketch of the rise and progress of the colony and the Aboriginal community. Although the work gave an imagined tour of Sydney, its conclusion returned the narrative to a more concrete reality in a format that was similar to the emigrant guides written by Peck's contemporaries. It included a detailed and coloured map of Sydney's city centre.
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Recollections of Sydney
1850
single work
review
— Appears in: The Colonial Magazine and East India Review , August vol. 19 no. 2 1850; (p. 136-142)
— Review of Recollections of Sydney, The Capital of New South Wales 1850 single work prose
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Recollections of Sydney
1850
single work
review
— Appears in: The Colonial Magazine and East India Review , August vol. 19 no. 2 1850; (p. 136-142)
— Review of Recollections of Sydney, The Capital of New South Wales 1850 single work prose
Last amended 25 Mar 2021 12:06:38
Subjects:
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1840s
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