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'The Land of the Kangaroo' title page
Is part of Travel Adventure Series series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1896... 1896 The Land of the Kangaroo : Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent
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Affiliation Notes

  • 19th-Century Australian Travel Writing

    Thomas Wallace Knox (1835-1896) was a journalist, author, writer and traveller. The Land of the Kangaroo tells the adventures of two youths in Australia in a style similar to his earlier The Boy Travellers (1889), and was part of the 'Travel Adventure Series'. In the preface Knox stated that the narrative had been written in order to represent the wonders, growth and development of the colonies in the antipodes. It was sensational in its narrative content - the chapter on the harbour of Melbourne describes convict hulks and bushrangers - and was written in the manner of a boys' adventure novel. Unlike The Boy Travellers Knox did not name the boys who undertook the journey for this travel narrative.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Boston, Massachusetts,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      W. A. Wilde ,
      ca. 1896 .
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      'The Land of the Kangaroo' title page
      Extent: 318, [2] p., [4] leaves of platesp.
      Description: illus.

      Holdings

      Held at: Monash University Monash University Library Sir Louis Matheson Library
      Local Id: 919.4 K74L

      Holdings

      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Local Id: N 919.40432 K74

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of New South Wales
      Local Id: 919.40432/2

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Melbourne The University Library
      Location: UniM Bail SpC/AX
      Local Id: 919.40432 KNOX
Last amended 14 Mar 2022 16:27:06
Subjects:
  • South Australia,
  • Victoria,
  • New South Wales,
  • Queensland,
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