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The Hand-book for Australian Emigrants being a Descriptive History of Australia and Containing an Account of the Climate, Soil, and Natural Productions of New South Wales, South Australia, and Swan River Settlement
The Hand-book for Australian Emigrants being a Descriptive History of Australia and Containing an Account of the Climate, Soil, and Natural Productions of New South Wales, South Australia, and Swan River Settlement

The Hand-book for Australian Emigrants being a Descriptive History of Australia and Containing an Account of the Climate, Soil, and Natural Productions of New South Wales, South Australia, and Swan River Settlement

Date1839
Object number00004351
NameBook
MediumInk on paper, green cloth covered boards
DimensionsOverall: 20 x 163 x 103 mm, 0.2 kg
Display Dimensions: 163 x 100 x 20 mm
ClassificationsBooks and journals
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionBook by Samuel Butler titled "The Hand-Book for Australian Emigrants Being a Descriptive History of Australia and Containing an Account of the Climate, Soil, and Natural Productions of New South Wales, South Australia, and Swan River Settlement.The Facilites They Offer for Emigration; The Terms Upon Which Land is Purchased in Each; The Advantages They Present for Increasing the Capital of the Emigrant, and Furnishing a Profitable Market for His Labour." Contains a fold out map of Australia. Glasgow, Scotland. 1939.
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Samuel and John Sidney
26 April 1849
Emigrants aboard the CASTEL VERDE
Fairfax Publications, Sydney Morning Herald
15 March 1954
First Trieste Emigrants leave for Australia
Fairfax Publications, Sydney Morning Herald
1954