{"product_id":"land-labour-and-gold-two-years-in-victoria-with-visits-to-sydney-and-van-diemens-land-paperback-9781108025706","title":"Land, Labour, and Gold; Two Years in Victoria: with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108025706","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLand, Labour, and Gold\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTwo Years in Victoria: with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1855 publication describes Howitt's colourful experiences in Melbourne and the goldfields during the 1850s Australian gold rush.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Howitt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108025706, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 February 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e436 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 1852 William Howitt (1792–1879) set sail for Australia with two of his sons in order to try his luck in the goldfields of Victoria. By then he was already a prolifically published author of both prose and verse. He was only moderately successful as a gold-digger, but his account of life in the new colony, published in 1855 after his return to England, provides an extraordinary snapshot of the rapid early growth of Melbourne. Volume 1 covers Howitt's first impressions of Australia, his experiences on the journey to the diggings at Bendigo, the throngs of prospectors, the exorbitant prices charged by profiteering merchants, and the miners' protest over high government licence fees. He describes the hard life endured by the diggers and warns against women coming to the colony.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Signs of approach to land\u003cbr\u003e 2. First sample of scenery\u003cbr\u003e 3. Scenes in Melbourne - rage for gain in tradesmen\u003cbr\u003e 4. Still Melbourne, and glimpses of its neighbourhood - projecting our journey\u003cbr\u003e 5. On the way\u003cbr\u003e 6. Break down\u003cbr\u003e 7. Scene on passing Sandy Creek\u003cbr\u003e 8. Author attacked by dysentery\u003cbr\u003e 9. Rise of charges as we proceed\u003cbr\u003e 10. Ovens diggings\u003cbr\u003e 11. Diggers' propensities - firing guns and felling trees\u003cbr\u003e 12. Stealing away\u003cbr\u003e 13. Digging up the creek\u003cbr\u003e 14. Fresh throngs on the diggings\u003cbr\u003e 15. Leave the Yackandanda\u003cbr\u003e 16. Immense growth of Melbourne\u003cbr\u003e 17. On the road again\u003cbr\u003e 18. Struggling up the road again\u003cbr\u003e 19. Aspect of diggings and diggers\u003cbr\u003e 20. On the way to Bendigo\u003cbr\u003e 21. Bendigo diggings\u003cbr\u003e 22. Digger insurrection.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Australasian \u0026amp; Pacific history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Australasian \u0026amp; Pacific history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Australasian%20\u0026amp;%20Pacific%20history%20%5BHBJM%5D%22\"\u003eHBJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266007912728,"sku":"9781108025706","price":37.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108025706i_8f002aa9-15ba-47c4-82e1-4428dbc4ec00.jpg?v=1694873378","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/land-labour-and-gold-two-years-in-victoria-with-visits-to-sydney-and-van-diemens-land-paperback-9781108025706","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}