Kennedy''s Colonial Travel - A Narrative of a Four Years Tour Through Australia, New Zealand,

This vivid account of experiences on a musical tour through Australia, New Zealand and North America was published in 1876.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Arriving at Port Phillip; 2. Ballarat; 3. Sandhurst; 4. A squatting-station; 5. Overland from Melbourne to Sydney; 6. Sydney and Sydney Harbour; 7. Brisbane; 8. Rockhampton; 9. The New England district; 10. A trip through Tasmania; 11. South Australia; 12. Voyage to New Zealand; 13. A tour through Otago; 14. Lake Wakatip; 15. Perilous fording of the Waitaki; 16. Wellington; 17. Taranaki; 18. The Waikato Valley; 19. The volcanic country; 20. Pierre's 'Maison de Repos'; 21. Lake Taupo; 22. Crossing the Manawatu Gorge; 23. A flood in Melbourne; 24. The Sandwich Island; 25. California; 26. The trans-continental railway; 27. Crossing into Canada; 28. Winter life in Ontario; 29. Country churches in Ontario; 30. Montreal; 31. The maritime provinces; 32. Newfoundland.

Summary

This 1876 publication, based on a series of his earlier newspaper articles by David Kennedy Jr (1849–85), is a vivid, action-packed account of a tour of Australia, New Zealand and North America between 1872 and 1876. Kennedy provides fascinating descriptions of sights and experiences from Queensland to Quebec.

Product details

• Authors: David Kennedy, Jr Kennedy, David Kennedy Jr
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108039918
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03991-8
• No. of pages: 454
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Canada, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Australia, TRAVEL / Australia & Oceania, TRAVEL / Canada / General, New Zealand, Classic Travel Writing, New Zealand / Aotearoa