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y separately published work icon Reminiscences, English and Australasian : Being an Account of a Visit to England, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Ceylon single work   autobiography   travel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1893... 1893 Reminiscences, English and Australasian : Being an Account of a Visit to England, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Ceylon
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During his visit to the Australian colonies in 1887-1888, N. L. Doss, an Indian missionary, witnessed the strong anti-Chinese sentiment of the period. Reminiscences, English and Australasian includes his observations of anti-Chinese protests and his response to them.

Affiliation Notes

  • 19th-Century Australian Travel Writing

    Nundo Lall Doss (or NANDALĀLA DĀSA) of the London Missionary Society, dedicated his travel narrative Reminiscences, English and Australasian to William Blomfield, Esquire, Director of the London Missionary Society. Doss thanked Bloomfield and has associates for their English hospitality towards "a member of an alien and conquered race" (i).  Written in the first person, Reminiscences is written in an engaging and energetic style, with Doss chronicles his journey from Calcutta to London, and spends much time relating chronicling his experiences in London, and his travels from London to Scotland and Paris, before he embarked on the voyage to Tasmania, New Zealand, and Australia. Doss visited Sydney, Melbourne, Ballarat and South Australia before returning to India via Ceylon.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Calcutta,
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      India,
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      South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,      :       M. C. Bhowmick ,       1893 .
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      Extent: iv, 242p.p.

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Victoria
      Local Id: SLT 919.4 D 74 R

      Holdings

      Held at: Adelaide University Barr Smith Library
      Local Id: PP118225

      Holdings

      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Local Id: N 910.4 DOS

      Holdings

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

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: G463 .D67 1893

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Local Id: TL 910. (NO
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Works about this Work

'The Chinaman Had No Fault Except That They Were Chinese': An Indian View of Australia in 1888 Margaret Allen , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australia and India : Interconnections : Identity, Representation, Belonging 2006; (p. 202-217) Margaret Allen looks at the 1893 publication, Reminiscences, English and Australasian: Being an Account of a Visit to England, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Ceylon, in which N. L. Doss records the anti-Chinese sentiment prevalent in the Australian colonies at the time of his visit. 'Doss's account of his travels in the Australian colonies in 1888 reveals an Indian view of the White Australian project at the point of its inception. Doss participates in the racialised hierarchies of the contemporary empire, locating himself as an Aryan like the English and superior to the Chinese and to the Indigienous peoples. Nevertheless, his ambivalence towards the racialist politics of the Australian colonies emerges at a number of crucial points in his text.' (p.215)
'The Chinaman Had No Fault Except That They Were Chinese': An Indian View of Australia in 1888 Margaret Allen , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australia and India : Interconnections : Identity, Representation, Belonging 2006; (p. 202-217) Margaret Allen looks at the 1893 publication, Reminiscences, English and Australasian: Being an Account of a Visit to England, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Ceylon, in which N. L. Doss records the anti-Chinese sentiment prevalent in the Australian colonies at the time of his visit. 'Doss's account of his travels in the Australian colonies in 1888 reveals an Indian view of the White Australian project at the point of its inception. Doss participates in the racialised hierarchies of the contemporary empire, locating himself as an Aryan like the English and superior to the Chinese and to the Indigienous peoples. Nevertheless, his ambivalence towards the racialist politics of the Australian colonies emerges at a number of crucial points in his text.' (p.215)
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Last amended 15 Mar 2022 14:41:26
Subjects:
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • c
    Australia,
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  • c
    New Zealand,
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    Pacific Region,
  • Tasmania,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • South Australia,
  • 1880s
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