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'Land, Labour, and Gold' title page
Alternative title: Two Years in Victoria with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land; Land, Labour and Gold
Is part of Australian Historical Reprints series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1855... 1855 Land, Labour and Gold : or, Two Years in Victoria with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land
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  • 19th-Century Australian Travel Writing

    Born in Derbyshire, William Howitt (1792-1879), was a well-known writer, poet and Quaker; his younger brothers were writer and traveller Richard Howitt and physician and natural scientist Godfrey Howitt, and his wife was poet and writer Mary Howitt. After residences in Europe, William travelled with two of his sons, including future ethnographer Alfred William Howitt, to Victoria, where his brother Godfrey resided. William and his sons spent approximately two years in the Victorian goldfields, resulting in a number of publications including A Boy's Adventures in the Wilds of Australia (1855), Two Years in Victoria with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land (1860), Life in Victoria (1860) and Tallangetta, the Squatter's Home (1857). The current work, Land, Labour and Gold, presented an account of the Victorian goldfields, describing his travel to and experience of the gold diggings. It is a detailed portrayal of life on the Australian gold fields and the dramas and incidences of colonial bush life.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans ,
      1855 .
      image of person or book cover 8997976246036141707.png
      'Land, Labour, and Gold' title page
      Link: 21995908Full text document Volume 1 Sighted: 11/06/2021 Link: 21995913Full text document Volume 2 Sighted: 11/06/2021
      Extent: xvi, 413p.; xii, 397p.p.
      Note/s:
      • In two vols.
      • Spine title : Two Years in Victoria

      Holdings

      Held at: Adelaide University Barr Smith Library
      Local Id: 919.45 H863

      Holdings

      Held at: Deakin University
      Local Id: 994.5031 How/Lla 1855

      Holdings

      Held at: Murdoch University Murdoch Campus Library
      Local Id: QX 309.1945031 H863 1

      Holdings

      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Local Id: NL 919.45 HOW

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Victoria
      Local Id: RARELT 919.45 H842L

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of New South Wales
      Local Id: DSM/982/36A1

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of South Australia State Library of SA
      Local Id: 994.5T

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Location: Hobart Reading Room
      Local Id: TL 919.45 HOW

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania Launceston Reference Library
      Local Id: LSC.PLR 919.45 HOW

      Holdings

      Held at: La Trobe University Bundoora campus, Borchardt Library
      Local Id: 919.45043 H863l

      Holdings

      Held at: Moreland City Libraries Brunswick Library
      Local Id: LH 994.03 HOW

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Western Australia
      Local Id: 994.5 HOW

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Queensland State Library of QLD
      Local Id: G 919.4503 1855

      Holdings

      Held at: Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Inc Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Library
      Local Id: rga 919.45043 H863

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Melbourne The University Library
      Local Id: 919.450431 HOWI

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Newcastle Auchmuty Library
      Local Id: 994.5/28

      Holdings

      Held at: University of New South Wales UNSW Library
      Location: Sydney
      Local Id: V 919.45/6

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Western Australia Library
      Location: Reid Library
      Local Id: 994.5 1855 LAN
    • Boston, Massachusetts,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
      :
      Ticknor and Fields ,
      1855 .
      Extent: 2 vols.p.

      Holdings

      Held at: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies AIATSIS Library
      Local Id: RB H863.98/L1

      Holdings

      Held at: Monash University Monash University Library
      Local Id: 919.45 H863T.t
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Longmans ,
      1858 .
      Extent: xx, 290p.; xii, 304pp.
      Edition info: 2nd ed.
      Reprinted: 1860 With title : Two Years in Victoria, with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land
      Note/s:
      • In two vols.
    • Kilmore, Kilmore area, Seymour - Kilmore area, Northern Victoria, Victoria,: Lowden , 1972 .
      Extent: xx, 482p.p.
      ISBN: 0909706107

Works about this Work

William Howitt, Australia and the 'Green Language' Judith Johnston , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , November vol. 29 no. 4 2014; (p. 36-47)

'The article offers information on writer William Howitt.'

Untitled 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Clanalder Sennachie , June no. 102 1973; (p. 7-8)

— Review of Land, Labour and Gold : or, Two Years in Victoria with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land William Howitt , 1855 single work prose
Untitled Manning Clark , 1971-1973 single work review
— Appears in: Historical Studies , vol. 15 no. 1971-1973; (p. 798-800)

— Review of Land, Labour and Gold : or, Two Years in Victoria with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land William Howitt , 1855 single work prose
Untitled Manning Clark , 1971-1973 single work review
— Appears in: Historical Studies , vol. 15 no. 1971-1973; (p. 798-800)

— Review of Land, Labour and Gold : or, Two Years in Victoria with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land William Howitt , 1855 single work prose
Untitled 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Clanalder Sennachie , June no. 102 1973; (p. 7-8)

— Review of Land, Labour and Gold : or, Two Years in Victoria with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land William Howitt , 1855 single work prose
William Howitt, Australia and the 'Green Language' Judith Johnston , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , November vol. 29 no. 4 2014; (p. 36-47)

'The article offers information on writer William Howitt.'

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