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'During the 1800s, thousands of people travelled from England and Europe to the new lands of the Antipodes. The voyage was a period of transition, a time of unaccustomed leisure and reflection. It produced a mass of sea-diaries and letters - we could call them Victorian blogs. Much of this writing is extraordinary: the authors, even those with little education, revealing a gift for narrative, observation and indeed entertainment. They write of birth, death, shipwreck, flirtation and secret adoration. Lucy Sussex has collected these voices in Saltwater in the Ink.' (From the publisher.)
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Comprises extracts from diaries and correspondence written by people emigrating from England and Scotland to Australia.
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Dedication:
For Philip Scott
And the travellers on the sea, including:
John Toward Harrison, Susan(nah) Shackcloth Harrison, Alexander Fyfe, Jane Nicholson Bailiff, Alfred Roscoe Wilson, Thomas Sussex and Mina Werner. -
Epigraph: I have seen his pen gang as fast ower the paper, as ever it did ower the water when it was in the grey goose's wing. - Sir Walter Scot, The Heart of Midlothian.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 3 no. 2 2011;
— Review of Saltwater in the Ink : Voices from the Australian Seas 2010 anthology correspondence diary extract -
What Is a Gentleman to Do?
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , February vol. 6 no. 1 2011; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Saltwater in the Ink : Voices from the Australian Seas 2010 anthology correspondence diary extract -
In Short : Nonfiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 December 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of From This Side of Things 2010 single work autobiography ; Saltwater in the Ink : Voices from the Australian Seas 2010 anthology correspondence diary extract -
Sea Blogs from the Days of Sail
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 December 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of Saltwater in the Ink : Voices from the Australian Seas 2010 anthology correspondence diary extract -
Off the Shelf : History
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 October 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of Saltwater in the Ink : Voices from the Australian Seas 2010 anthology correspondence diary extract
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Off the Shelf : History
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 October 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of Saltwater in the Ink : Voices from the Australian Seas 2010 anthology correspondence diary extract -
Sea Blogs from the Days of Sail
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 December 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of Saltwater in the Ink : Voices from the Australian Seas 2010 anthology correspondence diary extract -
In Short : Nonfiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 December 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of From This Side of Things 2010 single work autobiography ; Saltwater in the Ink : Voices from the Australian Seas 2010 anthology correspondence diary extract -
What Is a Gentleman to Do?
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , February vol. 6 no. 1 2011; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Saltwater in the Ink : Voices from the Australian Seas 2010 anthology correspondence diary extract -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 3 no. 2 2011;
— Review of Saltwater in the Ink : Voices from the Australian Seas 2010 anthology correspondence diary extract
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