The 'Excursions in New South Wales, Western Australia and Van Diemans Land' was written by Lieut. Breton, R. N. It was published to give people who were considering settling in the Australian colonies a realistic and practical view of what the colonies were like, in particular, the colonies of New South Wales, Western Australia and Van Diemans Land.
“...judging from actual observation of the capabilities of the Colonies, that most of the works hitherto published are calculated to excite in the emigrant expectations...it is with this conviction that I have been induced to offer to the public the substance of my note-book, trusting that it will be found to convey an impartial and correct, though brief and unvarnished account, of the actual state of things in this portion of globe...”
This ebook is a the same as the CD version from Archive Digital Books Australasia which is available from Gould Genealogy & other retailers. This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole original volume, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
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Publisher | Archive Digital Books Australia |
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Author | Lieut. Breton |
Date | (1833) 2009 |
Pages | 492 |
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