Australia as it is: or Facts and Features, Sketches and Incidents of Australia and Australian Life: With Notices of New Zealand by a Clergyman (John Morison)

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Foxing to top and right foredges and preliminary pages. Dust jacket is in good condition with some smaal tears to top edge. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a glossy protective cover. Body text and binding are still very good.

Originally published in 1867, this is a travelogue by Rev. John Morison, a clergyman who spent 13 years in New South Wales. It presents a first-hand account of his experiences and offers an informative, critical, and sometimes "dark" view of colonial life, covering the bush, squatting, gold-digging, sheep shepherding, droughts and floods, convictism, matrimony, political and religious developments, including the treatment of Aborigines.

Facsimile centennial edition.