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Issue Details: First known date: 1851... 1851 The Present State of Australia, Including New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and New Zealand, with Practical Hints on Emigration : To Which Are Added the Land Regulations, and Description of the Aborigines and Their Habits
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Affiliation Notes

  • Nineteenth-Century Travel Writing

    Henry Melville (Henry Saxelby Melville Wintle, 1802-1873) was a journalist, author, playwright, occultist and Freemason. In his The Present State of Australasia, Melville constructed himself as a reformer, stating in the Preface that after residing for more than twenty years in the different settlements of Australia he was well versed in all subjects relating to the colonies. He gave particular emphasis to his chapters regarding emigration and land regulations, stating that these chapters would provide all necessary information for the potential settler. In its entirety, Melville's work was a commentary on prison discipline, providing his own theories for the improvement of the convict system and the colonies in an almost arrogant fashion. Melville also described the history, geography, and daily life as well as his travels, within the Australian colonies. The work was also published under the title Australasia and Prison Discipline (also in 1851), but both titles are identical. Melville also wrote The History of Van Diemen’s Land from the year 1824 to 1835 (1835) and Australasia and Prison Discipline (1851).

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      G. Willis ,
      1851 .
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      Link: 21275094Full text document Sighted: 10/03/2021
      Extent: 392p.
      Edition info: 1st ed.
      Reprinted: A variant reprint reads "The Present State of Australasia, including New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and New Zealand, with practical hints on Emigration and also remarks on prison discipline: to which are added the Land Regulations, and description of the Aborigines and their habits" (Ferguson 12468a)
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      • Ferguson 12468

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Location: Allport Library
      Local Id: STACK 919.4 MEL

      Holdings

      Held at: La Trobe University Bundoora campus, Borchardt Library
      Local Id: 919.4 M158

      Holdings

      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
      Local Id: DSM/980/M
Alternative title: Australasia and Prison Discipline
    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Effingham Wilson ,
      1851 .
      Extent: 392p.
      Note/s:
      • Ferguson 12467

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Local Id: TL 919.3 MEL
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