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Excursions in New South Wales, Western Australia, and Van Dieman's Land : During the Years 1830, 1831, 1832, and 1833
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Richard Bentley
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1833
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1833
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"Breton states that his object in writing this account of trips in 1830-33 to Western Australia, Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales is to convey an accurate picture of different settlements for prospective immigrants. His narrative, therefore, is almost entirely confined to describing comprehensively each of the settlement, including Swan River, Bathurst, Bong Bong, Port Macquarie, Wollongong, Parramatta, Moreton Bay, Sydney, Hobart and Launceston. He discusses such topics as soil, climate, wild life, scenery, roads and rivers, indicating that he was generally unimpressed with what he saw. He describes the Aborigines at some length and includes an account of his participation in the Tasmanian black line in 1830" (Walsh and Hooton 26).
Source
Walsh, Kay and Joy Hooton. Australian Autobiographical Narratives : An Annotated Bibliography. Canberra : Australian Scholarly Editions Centre, University College, ADFA and National Library of Australia, 1993.
