The new Australia / [by] Edmond Marin la Meslee ; Translated and edited with a critical introduction by Russel Ward
- Bib ID:
- 1781034
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Marin la Meslee, Edmond, 1852-1893
- Uniform Title:
- Australie nouvelle. English
- Description:
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- London, Melbourne : Heinemann, 1973
- xxvii,222p. : plates ; 23cm.
- ISBN:
- 0435328956
- Summary:
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Record of a voyage through Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland in Australia by Edmond Marie Marin la Meslée (died 1893), member of the Royal Society of New South Wales. Meslée emigrated to Australia from France in 1876 and joined the New South Wales Department of Lands and the Surveyor-General's Office in 1878. In 1883 he founded the Geographical Society of Australia. During his journey Marin la Meslée visited amongst others the copper mines at Cobar and the coal mines at Lithgow.
- Subject:
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- Australia. Description & travel. Early works, 1883
- Australia. Social life. Early works, 1883
- Weapons - Boomerangs - Throwing
- Technology - Utensils - Dishes
- Art - Rock art - Painting
- Technology - Fire - Fire making
- Fishing - Fish traps
- Race relations - Representation - Literature
- Australia -- Description and travel -- 1851-1900
- Australia -- Social life and customs -- 1851-1901
- Brewarrina (N NSW SH55-06)
- Queensland (Qld)
- Victoria (Vic)
- New South Wales (NSW)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Ward, Russel, 1914-1995, translator
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2065 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1995
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1973
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