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Issue Details: First known date: 1847... 1847 Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand : Being an Artist's Impressions of Countries and People at the Antipodes
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  • 19th-Century Australian Travel Writing

    Renowned illustrator and naturalist George French Angas (1822-1886)—author of Ramble in Malta and Sicily in the Autumn of 1841 (1842), The New Zealanders Illustrated and South Australia Illustrated (both 1847)—presents a detailed and illustrated account in his travel narrative Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand. Prefacing the work by highlighting his enthusiasm for wandering on the “outskirts of civilization” among “savage tribes who have never seen a white man”, Angas describes his narrative as being written as a disinterested observer who is full of ardent admiration of the grandeur of nature in "her wildest aspect," and as an artist without pretensions to literary skill. Detailing the journey from England to South Australia, Angas describes his experiences of the colonies of South Australia and New South Wales and his observations of the Aboriginal inhabitants in these areas (whom he deems degraded, in particular the women), as well as his encounters with whalers. Angas also chronicles his journey to New Zealand and return to England via South America.

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      Held at: Australian Museum Australian Museum Research Library
      Local Id: RB D919.4/ANG/RARE BOOKS

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      Held at: Adelaide University Barr Smith Library
      Local Id: 919.4 A58

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      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Local Id: AUD 919.01 (NO

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      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Local Id: FRM F4455

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      Held at: Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Inc Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Library
      Local Id: rgsp 919.4042 A581 a 1847

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      Held at: State Library of Victoria
      Local Id: RARELT 919.4 AN4S

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      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
      Local Id: 980/205D1

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      Held at: State Library of Queensland State Library of QLD
      Local Id: RBJ 919.4032 ANG

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      Held at: State Library of South Australia State Library of SA
      Local Id: 919.4042 A581

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      Held at: National Gallery of Victoria Gallery Library
      Local Id: AUS 759.994 ANGAS
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Works about this Work

The Privileges of Mobility: George French Angas's Representations of Indigenous People in Savage Life and Scenes and his Debt to 'Learned Friend' William Cawthorne. Rick Hosking , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Travel Writing , March vol. 11 no. 1 2007; (p. 15-35) One of the most influential travel books about colonial Australasia, Savage Life and Scenes, was written by George French Angas, a well-to-do traveller with all the privileges of mobility. Angas made good use of his wealthy father's contacts in two British colonies - South Australia and New Zealand - where he had direct access to the colonial experience of a number of settlers, many of whom had expert knowledge of indigenous people and information on an evolving history of contact and conflict. One of the sources for Angas's representations of indigenous Australians in South Australia was a battling colonial schoolteacher, William Anderson Cawthorne (1824-1897). Angas made use of Cawthorne's work and writings without full acknowledgement. Without access to the writing and experience of travelling companions and knowledgeable intermediaries like Cawthorne, Savage Life and Scenes could not have been written. The discovery of the collective colonial experience that underpins such an important text is a reminder that often travel books reflect rather more than the unique experiences of a solitary traveller, especially when the traveller in question is wealthy and well-connected. (Author abstract)
The Privileges of Mobility: George French Angas's Representations of Indigenous People in Savage Life and Scenes and his Debt to 'Learned Friend' William Cawthorne. Rick Hosking , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Travel Writing , March vol. 11 no. 1 2007; (p. 15-35) One of the most influential travel books about colonial Australasia, Savage Life and Scenes, was written by George French Angas, a well-to-do traveller with all the privileges of mobility. Angas made good use of his wealthy father's contacts in two British colonies - South Australia and New Zealand - where he had direct access to the colonial experience of a number of settlers, many of whom had expert knowledge of indigenous people and information on an evolving history of contact and conflict. One of the sources for Angas's representations of indigenous Australians in South Australia was a battling colonial schoolteacher, William Anderson Cawthorne (1824-1897). Angas made use of Cawthorne's work and writings without full acknowledgement. Without access to the writing and experience of travelling companions and knowledgeable intermediaries like Cawthorne, Savage Life and Scenes could not have been written. The discovery of the collective colonial experience that underpins such an important text is a reminder that often travel books reflect rather more than the unique experiences of a solitary traveller, especially when the traveller in question is wealthy and well-connected. (Author abstract)
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Subjects:
  • South Australia,
  • New South Wales,
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