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Opals and agates, or, scenes under the Southern Cross and the Magellans: being memories of fifty years of Australia and Polynesia
- Description:
- PREFACEAT the suggestion of friends, I have herein collated, for publication, some rambling recollections, drawn from a diary that was first started in 1846. I hold that, neither the era of Dampier (circa 1690), nor of Cook (in 1770), nor of Macquarie (in 1820), bears so deep an interest for posterity as those fateful, stirring years, during which, thanks to her gold, Australia rose, from being a mere convicts' wilderness, to become one of the most advanced and interesting countries in the world. And, besid...
- Display date:
- 1892-01-01
- Location:
- Polynesia
- Format:
- book
- Collections:
- University of Queensland Library
- Publisher:
- Gordon and Gotch
- Content partner:
- University of Queensland Library
- Availability:
- Online
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