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This series of letters, to the editor of the Australasian Chronicle, is written in a prose style initially with humour. The first three letters are based on the characters of 'John Tobias' and 'The Hermit in New South Wales' - both pseudonyms of the author.
The correspondence pursues increasingly serious topics including the state of labour and the economy in New South Wales and the disadvantage of the white settlers born in the colony of gaining employment in the public service.
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The Hermit No. 12 : The Autocracy
1843
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 20 June vol. 4 no. 565 1843; (p. 2) -
1A Voyage up the Hunter 1842 single work correspondence humour
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 6 January vol. 4 no. 338 1842; (p. 2) -
2The Hermit No. 2 1842 single work correspondence humour
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 19 April vol. 4 no. 382 1842; (p. 1-2) -
3The Hermit No. 3 : The Price of a Popinjay! 1842 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 3 May vol. 4 no. 388 1842; (p. 2) -
4The Hermit No. 4 : The Resources of the Colony 1842 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 19 November vol. 4 no. 474 1842; (p. 2) -
5The Hermit No. 5 : The Resources of the Colony 1842 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 22 November vol. 4 no. 475 1842; (p. 2) -
6The Hermit No. 6 : The Coolie Question 1842 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 13 December vol. 4 no. 484 1842; (p. 2) -
7The Hermit No. 7 : Contest of the Upper Hunter 1843 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 12 January vol. 4 no. 497 1843; (p. 2) -
10The Hermit No. 10 : Contest of Brisbane, Bligh, and Hunter 1843 single work correspondence humour
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 9 March vol. 4 no. 521 1843; (p. 2) -
11The Hermit No. 11 : Brisbane, Bligh and Hunter 1843 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 9 May vol. 4 no. 547 1843; (p. 2) -
13The Hermit No. 13 : The Focus of the Past 1843 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 16 September vol. 5 no. 596 1843; (p. 1-2) -
14The Hermit No. 14 : Perfection of the Law 1843 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 30 September vol. 5 no. 600 1843; (p. 2) -
15The Hermit [No.] 15 : The Order System 1844 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Morning Chronicle , 31 January vol. 1 no. 33 1844; (p. 2) -
18The Hermit No. 18 : Sly Grog Shops 1844 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Morning Chronicle , 20 April vol. 1 no. 57 1844; (p. 2)
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