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Issue Details: First known date: 1873... 1873 Memories of the Past
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  • 19th-Century Australian Travel Writing

    Memories of the Past was published anonymously by 'A Lady in Australia,' however the later edition of the work titled Memories of Tasmania included a cover title Annie Baxter's Memories. Annie Marie Dawbin (previously Annie Baxter in her first marriage) was a pioneer and diarist. Dawbin was a society figure in Tasmania and these memoirs have been drawn from her early diaries. In the preface Dawbin states that the travel narrative is not intended as an instructive manual as the history and statistics of Australia have already been published in other works. Instead, the text focuses on "chat and gossip," and works to recall memories of happy days and to pass a leisure hour for the reader. The work details Dawbins' journey to Tasmania from New South Wales, describes the scenery surrounding Hobart, and extensively describes the society that she moves through and colonial life.

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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: W. H. Williams , 1873 .
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      'Memories of the Past' title page
      Link: 9627233Sighted 10/06/2016 Digital copy of print publication via Trove
      Extent: viii, 112p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Cited In Ferguson, 11281, 6809, 9016.

      Holdings

      Held at: Deakin University
      Local Id: 994.03 Dawbin Daw/Mot

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      Held at: Monash University Monash University Library Sir Louis Matheson Library
      Location: Special Collections Rare General Collection
      Local Id: 919.4 D269M

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      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Local Id: NL 919.4 B355

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      Held at: State Library of Victoria
      Local Id: RARELT 919.4 B33

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      Held at: State Library of New South Wales
      Local Id: 980.1/26A1

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      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Location: Hobart Reading Room
      Local Id: Tas Stack TL 919.4 DAW

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Melbourne The University Library
      Location: UniM Bail SpC/MCL
      Local Id: TT BAXT
    • Adelaide, South Australia,: Sullivan's Cove , 1980 .
      Alternative title: Memories of Tasmania and of the Macleay River and New England Districts of New South Wales and of Port Fairy in the Western District of Port Phillip, 1834-1848
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