The Emigrant's Guide or Ten Years' Practical Experience In Australia 1845
Author: Rev David MacKenzie
Binding: Hardback
Published: W.S. Orr & Co, London , 1845
Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Rebound copy. Fold-out map intact.
This early Australian emigration narrative presents a forthright work of practical colonial nonfiction in which the author chronicles a decade of life in the settlements, detailing conditions, opportunities and hardships with the intention of instructing prospective emigrants in the realities awaiting them. It argues for informed preparation, illustrates the social and economic character of the young colonies and offers direct guidance drawn from lived experience rather than promotional optimism.
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Author: Rev David MacKenzie
Binding: Hardback
Published: W.S. Orr & Co, London , 1845
Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Rebound copy. Fold-out map intact.
This early Australian emigration narrative presents a forthright work of practical colonial nonfiction in which the author chronicles a decade of life in the settlements, detailing conditions, opportunities and hardships with the intention of instructing prospective emigrants in the realities awaiting them. It argues for informed preparation, illustrates the social and economic character of the young colonies and offers direct guidance drawn from lived experience rather than promotional optimism.
