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Issue Details: First known date: 1824... 1824 An Account of the Colony of Van Diemen's Land, Principally Designed for the Use of Emigrants
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Affiliation Notes

  • 19th-Century Australian Travel Writing

    Edward Curr's (1798-1850) emigrant guide An Account of the Colony was written in response to Thomas Godwin's Godwin's Emigrant's Guide to Van Diemen's Land (1821). Curr noted that Godwin's guide contained false and delusive assertions on emigration, and that he had constructed his text to "undeceive" those who may be disposed to act on the information contained in Godwin's guide. Curr does not recommend emigration, but for an occasion that emigration has been decided upon, he listed the advantages of Van Diemen's Land as a colony. Australia was described as a novelty for the emigrant, that soon ceases, and the solitude of the remote region was not pleasing. The work was later published as Three Years' Residence in Van Diemen's Land; Comprising a Description of that Rising Colony, its Advantages and Prospects, Commerce, Manners, Customs, &c. of its Inhabitants, With an Account of the Bush-Rangers, Forming a Practical Guide to Emigrants & Settlers (1834).. He was a member of the Upper House and according to the Australian Dictionary of Biography, a conscientious Catholic.

Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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Cowie, George & Co. , 1834 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Michael Howe : The Last and the Worst of the Bushrangers of Van Diemans Land : Narrative of the Chief Atrocities Committed by This Great Murderer and His Associates, During a Period of Six Years in Van Diemen's Land, T. E. Wells , single work biography (p. Appendix 7)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      Cowie, George & Co. ,
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      Link: 20386798Full text document Sighted: 08/10/2020

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      Held at: Monash University Monash University Library
      Local Id: 919.46 C976A

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      Held at: State Library of Queensland State Library of QLD
      Local Id: RBJ 994.6 CUR

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      Held at: University of Tasmania Morris Miller Library
      Local Id: DU 185.3 .C97 1824

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      Held at: State Library of Western Australia
      Local Id: O02895

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      Held at: Adelaide University Barr Smith Library
      Local Id: 919.46 C97

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      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Local Id: CRO 919.46 CUR

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      Held at: Macquarie University Macquarie University Library
      Local Id: DU410 .C8

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      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Local Id: FC F938

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      Held at: Newcastle Region Libraries Newcastle Library
      Local Id: RS994.6/CUR/1.1A (NOT FOR LOAN)

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      Held at: Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Inc Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Library
      Local Id: rga 919.46042 C976

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      Held at: State Library of Victoria
      Local Id: CC 919.46 C93

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      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
      Local Id: 986/23A4

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      Held at: State Library of South Australia State Library of SA
      Local Id: 919.46 C976

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      Held at: University of Melbourne The University Library
      Local Id: TAS. CURR
    • London,
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      England,
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      Cowie, George & Co. ,
      1834 .
      Alternative title: Three Years' Residence in Van Dieman's Land : Comprising a Description of that Rising Colony ... with an Account of the Bush-Rangers, Forming a Practical Guide to Emigrants & Settlers
      Extent: 207p.
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