George Bennett George Bennett i(A139096 works by)
Born: Established: 31 Jan 1804 Plymouth, Devon (County),
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 29 Sep 1893 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1829
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1 y separately published work icon Gatherings of a Naturalist in Australasia: Being Observations Principally on the Animal and Vegetable Productions of New South Wales, New Zealand, and some of the Austral Islands George Bennett , London : John Van Voorst , 1860 20318027 1860 single work prose travel
1 1 y separately published work icon Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore and China : Being the Journal of a Naturalist in those Countries, During 1832, 1833 and 1834 George Bennett , London : Richard Bentley , 1834 Z1767021 1834 single work diary travel

"Bennett, an English medical practitioner and naturalist, gives an account of excursions from Sydney to the Yass Plains and surrounding country in 1832-33. He writes mainly for the botanist, zoologist and anthropologist, and describes in detail the fauna, flora and insect life he encountered. His response to both the Australian landscape and the Aborigines is markedly Eurocentric; he finds the former sombre and incapable of yielding any emotions of 'pleasurable gratification' for the emigrant, while he sees little to admire in Aboriginal culture. His narrative also includes comments on the convicts and their treatment, and on the roads and methods of transport" (Walsh and Hooton 19).

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.
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