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Strangers in a Foreign Land
Neil BlackMaggie MacKellar
其他書名
The Journal of Niel Black and Other Voices from the Western District
出版The Miegunyah Press, 2008-01-01
主題Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / GeneralHistory / Australia & New ZealandHistory / Modern / GeneralLiterary Collections / LettersPolitical Science / Colonialism & Post-ColonialismSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / Emigration & ImmigrationSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / Australian & Oceanian StudiesSocial Science / Human Geography
ISBN05228551219780522855128
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=MBPZSwcum1wC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋When Niel Black, one of the most influential settlers of the Western District of Victoria, stepped onto the sand at Port Phillip Bay in 1839 and declared Melbourne to be 'almost altogether a Scotch settlement', he was paying the newly created outpost of the British Empire his highest compliment. His journal, reproduced here in its entirety, provides rare insight into the realities of early settlement in Victoria, detailing experiences of personal hardship and physical danger as well as the potential for accumulating great wealth and success. Drawing on the extensive collections of the State Library of Victoria, Strangers in a Foreign Land also includes glimpses into the lives of other settlers and the indigenous people of the area. It evokes the sense of place and dislocation that the early settlers encountered, and the hopes and anxieties they carried with them as they created new homes in Australia.