Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales, Both As a - Penal Settlement and As a British Colon

Klappentext Published in 1834! Lang's two-volume work advocates immigration and investment in his adopted country! Australia. Zusammenfassung An outspoken advocate of Australian republicanism, John Dunmore Lang (1799–1878) wrote this 1834 two-volume work to promote immigration and investment in his adopted country. Compiled during a voyage from New South Wales to Britain, the book illustrates the past history and present state of the New South Wales colony. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. On the distribution, employment, condition, and character of the convict-population; 2. Journey over-land to Hunter's River, with a description of an Australian farm; 3. Notices of the settlements of Bathurst and Illawarra; 4. Statement of the advantages which New South Wales holds forth to various classes of emigrants of moderate capital, with introductory remarks on the geological features of the colony, and on its climate and diseases; 5. Estimate of the state of morals and religion in the colony, with a view of the existing religious establishments and denominations in New South Wales; 6. View of the state of education in the colony, with an account of the establishment of the Australian college; 7. Emigration; considered chiefly in reference to the practicability and expediency of importing and of settling, throughout the territory of New South Wales, a numerous, industrious, and virtuous agricultural population; being a lecture delivered in the temporary hall of the Australian College, Sydney, 9th May, 1833.

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• Authors: John Dunmore Lang
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.05.2011
• EAN: 9781108030762
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03076-2
• No. of pages: 452
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania; An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales, Both as a Penal Settlement and as a British Colony 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; New South Wales, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, Australasian & Pacific history, Australasian and Pacific history