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Issue Details: First known date: 1883... 1883 Recollections of Squatting in Victoria, Then Called the Port Phillip District (from 1841 to 1851)
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Notes

  • BAL author stated as: Edward M Curr

Affiliation Notes

  • 19th-Century Australian Travel Writing

    Edward M. Curr (1820-1889), squatter and writer, and eldest son of Edward Curr (1798-1850), merchant and landholder, retrospectively presented his memoirs Squatting in Victoria from 1841 to 1851 (1883). In this work, Curr describes his experiences of Melbourne society, Sydney, bush and station life, the landscape, details of specific Aboriginal populations and customs (Curr states in his preface that he has "devoted his leisure hours for the last ten years to the collection of information from gentlemen resident in the bush on the subject of the aboriginal tribes" (v)), flora and fauna, "new chums," the climate, and his travels through the bush of Victoria.

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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: George Robertson , 1883 .
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Works about this Work

The Pre-gold Days in Victoria 1883 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser , 9 June vol. 35 no. 1196 1883; (p. 1061-1062)
— Review of Recollections of Squatting in Victoria, Then Called the Port Phillip District (from 1841 to 1851) Edward M. Curr , 1883 single work autobiography 'We thank him (Mr Curr) for this fruit from the tree of life.'
The Pre-gold Days in Victoria 1883 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser , 9 June vol. 35 no. 1196 1883; (p. 1061-1062)
— Review of Recollections of Squatting in Victoria, Then Called the Port Phillip District (from 1841 to 1851) Edward M. Curr , 1883 single work autobiography 'We thank him (Mr Curr) for this fruit from the tree of life.'
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