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Issue Details: First known date: 1829... 1829 The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land : From the Colonial Times
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Affiliation Notes

  • Nineteenth-Century Travel Writing

    Henry Savery (1791-1842) was a sugar-refiner, editor, insurance broker, convict and author. Savery was trading in forged cheques, and following his arrest, jumped from the ship that was taking him to America. He was sentenced to death, however this was commuted in 1825 to transportation for life. However, as an educated convict he was favoured and was granted a ticket of leave in 1832. The preface to this text highlighted that the object of The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land was to provide information on the manners and society of the colony of Van Diemen's Land, attempting to instruct and improve its readers by providing "a mirror wherein good qualities are exhibited". There are only six original copies of this work known.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: Andrew Bent , 1829 .
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      Link: 21956068Full text document Sighted: 02/06/2021
      Extent: 154p.
      Description: illus., [4] leaves of plates : port., facsims.

      Holdings

      Held at: Adelaide University Barr Smith Library
      Local Id: MICROFILM 421

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Location: Allport LIbrary
      Local Id: P 919.46 SAV

      Holdings

      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Location: Special Collections Reading Room
      Local Id: FC F1290

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Victoria
      Local Id: RARELT 919.461 S93

      Holdings

      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
      Count: 2
      Local Id: SAFE/ 82/ 166
Serialised by: Colonial Times H. J. D'Emden , 1828 newspaper (52 issues)
      1829 .
      Note/s:
      • Published in serialised format in Hobart's Colonial Times in 30 weekly instalments from 5 June to 25 Decemember 1829.
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History and Memory in the Tasmanian Public Library Heather Grant , Heather Gaunt , 2009 single work essay
— Appears in: History Australia , April vol. 6 no. 1 2009; (p. 10.1-10.2) Although public libraries have been generally characterised in academic literature as repositories of public memory along with museums and archives, little specific work has been undertaken in Australia into how the public library performs this roles, and how the public library influences, or responds to, the development of historical consciousness and the vicissitudes of social memory within its community. This article considers these questions through a case study of the Tasmanian Public Library in Hobart and a particularly culturally significant text, The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land: From the Colonial Times (1829) by Hugh Savery. The circumstances surrounding the acquisition and the subsequent disposal of a copy of The Hermit by the Tasmanian Public Library are examined, in the context of the contested and changing value placed on the text by the institution and members of the community through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Source: Heather Gaunt.
Some Early Australian Storytellers and Their Tales Bruce Bennett , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Caring Cultures : Sharing Imaginations : Australia and India 2006; (p. 6-12) Bennett's article provides a brief survey of some of the earliest Australian short stories, from the 1820s to the 1870s, giving a sense of the 'lively and engaging storytelling' of early colonial Australia (11).
Tasmania's Literary Heritage Margaret Scott , 1999 single work criticism essay
— Appears in: 40° South : Tasmania & Beyond , Autumn no. 12 1999; (p. 19-22)
Untitled J. Kenny , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 January 1965; (p. 12)
— Review of The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land : From the Colonial Times Simon Stukeley , 1829 collected work essay
Untitled D. W. A. Baker , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 February 1965; (p. 11)
— Review of The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land : From the Colonial Times Simon Stukeley , 1829 collected work essay
Untitled Kylie Tennant , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February vol. 4 no. 4 1965; (p. 58)
— Review of The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land : From the Colonial Times Simon Stukeley , 1829 collected work essay
Untitled D. W. A. Baker , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 February 1965; (p. 11)
— Review of The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land : From the Colonial Times Simon Stukeley , 1829 collected work essay
Untitled J. Kenny , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 January 1965; (p. 12)
— Review of The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land : From the Colonial Times Simon Stukeley , 1829 collected work essay
Some Early Australian Storytellers and Their Tales Bruce Bennett , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Caring Cultures : Sharing Imaginations : Australia and India 2006; (p. 6-12) Bennett's article provides a brief survey of some of the earliest Australian short stories, from the 1820s to the 1870s, giving a sense of the 'lively and engaging storytelling' of early colonial Australia (11).
Tasmania's Literary Heritage Margaret Scott , 1999 single work criticism essay
— Appears in: 40° South : Tasmania & Beyond , Autumn no. 12 1999; (p. 19-22)
History and Memory in the Tasmanian Public Library Heather Grant , Heather Gaunt , 2009 single work essay
— Appears in: History Australia , April vol. 6 no. 1 2009; (p. 10.1-10.2) Although public libraries have been generally characterised in academic literature as repositories of public memory along with museums and archives, little specific work has been undertaken in Australia into how the public library performs this roles, and how the public library influences, or responds to, the development of historical consciousness and the vicissitudes of social memory within its community. This article considers these questions through a case study of the Tasmanian Public Library in Hobart and a particularly culturally significant text, The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land: From the Colonial Times (1829) by Hugh Savery. The circumstances surrounding the acquisition and the subsequent disposal of a copy of The Hermit by the Tasmanian Public Library are examined, in the context of the contested and changing value placed on the text by the institution and members of the community through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Source: Heather Gaunt.
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Subjects:
  • Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
  • 1829-1830
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