The three colonies of Australia
Subtitle: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia : their pastures, copper mines, & gold fields
By: by Samuel Sidney
Publisher: Ingram, Cooke
Published: 1852
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 425
Subjects: History; Description and travel; Emigration and immigration; Histoire; Descriptions et voyages; Émigration et immigration; Travel
Other titles: Colonies of Australia
Description: "Samuel Sidney developed an interest in the Australian colony after the emigration of his brother John to New South Wales. Samuel and John established the magazine Sidney's Emigrant Journal, and worked together on two books concerning Australian emigration. The present work is an excellent description of Australia's contemporary state, where Samuel Sidney is clearly influenced by both Caroline Chisholm and Alexander Harris. He argues that the Australian colonies are ideal for working class emigration. Already in the introduction it becomes clear that Sidney is very anti-Wakefield, which makes it an important document in the debate between competing proposals for emigration. Apparently Sidney was very well-informed, he had access to otherwise inaccessible primary sources, and the verbatim transcripts add considerably to the book's value. Sidney's work is a full guide, giving excessive and detailed information on one of the most interesting world-regions."--Abebooks website.
Notes: Ferguson no. 15679.