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y separately published work icon The Boy Travellers in Australasia : Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee Islands, and through the Colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia single work   prose   children's   travel  
Is part of The Boy Travellers Thomas W. Knox , series - author
Issue Details: First known date: 1889... 1889 The Boy Travellers in Australasia : Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee Islands, and through the Colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia
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Affiliation Notes

  • 19th-Century Australian Travel Writing

    Thomas Wallace Knox (1835-1896) was a journalist, author, writer and traveller. The Boy Travellers in Australasia was based on an adventure undertaken two boys (Frank Bassett and Fred Bronson) at the request of Knox. Knox edited their travels into an extensively illustrated work, as he believed that he was filling a gap in the American market for work about Australia. The young travellers journeyed from America via the Pacific and New Zealand, arriving in Sydney. The book is dramatic and at times sensational, particularly regarding misadventures in the bush and Australian wildlife. It is written in story-book format and appears to be aimed at children. Knox also authored The Land of the Kangaroo. Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey Through the Great Island Continent (1896).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Harper and Brothers ,       1889 .
      image of person or book cover 7827386754244993881.jpg
      Extent: xvi, 538p.p.
      Description: illus. (one col.), maps
      Note/s:
      • Maps on lining papers.

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      Held at: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies AIATSIS Library
      Local Id: RB K745.38/B1

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      Held at: Deakin University
      Location: ADPML SPCHL
      Local Id: 819 Knox Tho/Bta

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      Held at: La Trobe University Bundoora campus, Borchardt Library
      Local Id: 994.031 K74b

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      Held at: Monash University Monash University Library Sir Louis Matheson Library
      Local Id: 919 K74B

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      Held at: Murdoch University Murdoch Campus Library
      Location: Special Collection QX
      Local Id: QX 994.031 K74 1

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      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Local Id: N 919.4 KNO

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      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Location: Hobart Reading Room
      Local Id: TL 919. KNO

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      Held at: State Library of New South Wales
      Local Id: 910.4/445

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      Held at: State Library of South Australia State Library of SA
      Location: Children's Lit. Coll
      Local Id: Au/19 KNO

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      Held at: State Library of Queensland State Library of QLD
      Local Id: RBJ 919.4 KNO

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      Held at: State Library of Victoria
      Local Id: RAREJLT 919.4 K77B

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      Held at: State Library of Western Australia
      Local Id: 919 1889A

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      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: Fryer Mono DU21 .K74 1889
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Flesch , 1971 .
      Extent: xxii, 538 p.p.
      Description: illus., maps, ports
      Note/s:
      • With a new appreciation by Charles V. S. Borst.
      ISBN: 0855650001
    • Vermont,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       C. E. Tuttle ,       1971 .
      Extent: xxii, 538 p.p.
      Description: illus., maps, ports
      ISBN: 0804800723
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  • Mount Kosciuszko (Kosciusko), Snowy Mountains, Cooma - Snowy - Bombala area, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
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