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Richard Whately (International) assertion Richard Whately i(A17735 works by) (a.k.a. Reverend Richard Whately)
Born: Established: 1 Feb 1787 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
; Died: Ceased: 8 Oct 1863 Dublin, Dublin (County),
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Ireland,
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Western Europe, Europe,

Gender: Male
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1 1 There Is a Place in Distant Seas i "There is a place in distant seas", Richard Whately , 1986 single work poetry
— Appears in: The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 7-8) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1996; (p. 7-8) Classic Australian Verse 2001; (p. 17-18) An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 2007; (p. 52-53) The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009; (p. 28-29)
1 Australia i "Three centuries have scarcely rolled along", Richard Whately , 1886 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australia: A Charcoal Sketch 1886; (p. 35-36)
1 5 y separately published work icon Account of an Expedition to the Interior of New Holland The Southlanders : An Account of an Expedition into the Interior of New Holland Richard Whately , Henry Richard Vassall Fox , Mary (Lady) Fox (editor), London : Richard Bentley , 1837 Z1415984 1837 single work novel fantasy science fiction

A politico-philosophical romance set in an ideal society, and which according to Everett Bleiler, contains some slight science-fiction elements. In his outline of the narrative, Bleiler writes:

The narrator and his friends decide to visit a thriving English-speaking state in the wilds of New Holland. After travelling inland across mountain ranges for several hundred miles they come to Southland [a loose federation of eleven states, which] is a prosperous land colonised by English dissenters during the Reformation, about three hundred years earlier. The travellers become acquainted with informed citizens, including several titled persons, and are instructed about the new land. The population is now of mixed origin, European and aborigine [sic], and there is no racial prejudice. Indeed, in some parts of Southland, one must prove partial aboriginal [sic] ancestry before qualifying for public office (p.262).

The book essentially serves to propose another possible society, and in this respect the authors consider the political structure of Southland in some detail.

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