Reis naar Niew-zuid-wallis: uit het dagboek van een scheepsdoctor

Title: Reis naar Niew-zuid-wallis: uit het dagboek van een scheepsdoctor
Subject: New South Wales; Literature; Authors, Dutch; Voyages and travels
Category: 1. Settlement
Author: Os, Pieter van
Publisher: Sneek: Van Druten & Bleeker
Keywords: Children's literature; Doctor
Current holder: State Library of New South Wales
Date: 1853
Link: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKvjNpb75O
Series number: H 2014/3490
Item number: 74VKvjNpb75O
Access rights: Request at location
Country of origin: Netherlands
Language: Dutch
Description from source: 188 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
door P. van Os.
Physical format: Books
Abstract: Full title of publication: Reis naar de kolonie van misdadigers Nieuw-Zuid-Wallis. Uit het dagboek van een scheepsdoctor. Voor de jeugd bewerkt door P. van Os. Met vier plaatjes.
A young man is transported to Australia in the 1800s because of presumed crimes. He is sent to work in the English penal colony and hopefully regain his freedom. To do so, he has to face all kinds of dangers, including the ‘intrusive’ presence of the original inhabitants of Australia, the Aborigines. The young man’s white compatriots had no reservations about confiscating as much unoccupied land from these ‘barbarians’ (the aboriginals) as they wanted. The book also contains a substantial appendix dealing with the significant gold discoveries in Victoria.
Date accessed: September 7, 2022
File: reis naar nieuw zuid wallis