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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne, The Captain of The Guidara, 1884
... This edition was translated from French to English by Henry Frith, a frequent Verne translator active in the 1880s who handled multiple Voyages Extraordinaires titles for Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington. Henry Frith was an Irish civil engineer, author, and prolific translator best known for rendering Jules Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires into English during the 1870s and 1880s. ...Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. ......Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. ..."The Captain of the Guidara" refers to the English title of the first volume of Jules Verne's 1883 novel Kéraban le Têtu, part of his Voyages Extraordinaire series. The second novel features “Scarpante the Spy” to complete the two part volume of “Kéraban the Inflexible”. in the English edition, the story is following The Captain of the Guidara. Originally published in French in 1883 and in Britain with two volumes in 1887. The story follows a stubborn Turkish merchant, Keraban, who refuses to pay a new tax on crossing the Bosporus and instead embarks on a lengthy journey around the Black Sea. The "Guidara" refers to the ship central to this Ottoman era adventure. It features two Dutchmen and the obstinate Keraban navigating political, cultural, and geographical challenges. The novel is richly illustrated and reflects Verne’s signature blend of travel, exploration, and historical detail.Hard cover book,The Captain of The Guidara. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. W1. Date: 1884 Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fiction"The Captain of the Guidara" refers to the English title of the first volume of Jules Verne's 1883 novel Kéraban le Têtu, part of his Voyages Extraordinaire series. The second novel features “Scarpante the Spy” to complete the two part volume of “Kéraban the Inflexible”. in the English edition, the story is following The Captain of the Guidara. Originally published in French in 1883 and in Britain with two volumes in 1887. The story follows a stubborn Turkish merchant, Keraban, who refuses to pay a new tax on crossing the Bosporus and instead embarks on a lengthy journey around the Black Sea. The "Guidara" refers to the ship central to this Ottoman era adventure. It features two Dutchmen and the obstinate Keraban navigating political, cultural, and geographical challenges. The novel is richly illustrated and reflects Verne’s signature blend of travel, exploration, and historical detail. warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Jules Verne et al, The Tribulations of A Chinaman, 1885
... Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London Date: 1885. ......Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London Date: 1885. ...The novel follows Kin-Fo, an extremely wealthy Chinese man in Shanghai who is bored with life. After hearing false news that his U.S. bank investment has gone bankrupt, he decides to commit suicide but first takes out a $200,000 life insurance policy that covers suicide with his mentor Wang and fiancee as beneficiaries. Since he can't bring himself to kill his own self, he hires Wang to murder him before the insurance expires. However the bank was not bankrupt and Wang has disappeared after receiving the contract, Kin-Fo must now travel across China with two insurance company bodyguards and his lazy servant Soun to escape being killed by Wang. The story ends with the revelation that Wang staged everything to teach Kin-Fo the value of life. Kin-Fo marries his fiancee and lives happily.Hard cover book, The Tribulations of A Chinaman. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London Date: 1885. Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fictionThe novel follows Kin-Fo, an extremely wealthy Chinese man in Shanghai who is bored with life. After hearing false news that his U.S. bank investment has gone bankrupt, he decides to commit suicide but first takes out a $200,000 life insurance policy that covers suicide with his mentor Wang and fiancee as beneficiaries. Since he can't bring himself to kill his own self, he hires Wang to murder him before the insurance expires. However the bank was not bankrupt and Wang has disappeared after receiving the contract, Kin-Fo must now travel across China with two insurance company bodyguards and his lazy servant Soun to escape being killed by Wang. The story ends with the revelation that Wang staged everything to teach Kin-Fo the value of life. Kin-Fo marries his fiancee and lives happily.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Jules Verne, The Blockade Runners and A Floating City, 1894-1900
... Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, & Company, London Date: 1894-1900. ......Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, & Company, London Date: 1894-1900. ...The “A Floating City” part of the novel (1871) is about a transatlantic voyage aboard Brunel's “Great Eastern” steam ship. The unnamed French narrator joins his friend Captain Fabian Mac Elwin, who is heartbroken to see his former love Ellen on board with her abusive husband Harry Drake. Tensions build as the journey progresses, culminating in a dramatic confrontation at sea. The story is based on Verne's own 1867 voyage on the Great Eastern. “The Blockade Runners” (1865 ) was a novella , set during the American Civil War,the main character is a British merchant captain James Playfair who must break the Union blockade of Charleston, South Carolina, to trade his supplies for cotton. His commercial mission shifts when he falls in love with Jenny Halliburtt, who disguised herself as a boy to join his crew and rescue her father a Confederate prisoner an abolitionist and journalist.Hard cover book, The Blockade Runners and A Floating City. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, & Company, London Date: 1894-1900. Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fictionThe “A Floating City” part of the novel (1871) is about a transatlantic voyage aboard Brunel's “Great Eastern” steam ship. The unnamed French narrator joins his friend Captain Fabian Mac Elwin, who is heartbroken to see his former love Ellen on board with her abusive husband Harry Drake. Tensions build as the journey progresses, culminating in a dramatic confrontation at sea. The story is based on Verne's own 1867 voyage on the Great Eastern. “The Blockade Runners” (1865 ) was a novella , set during the American Civil War,the main character is a British merchant captain James Playfair who must break the Union blockade of Charleston, South Carolina, to trade his supplies for cotton. His commercial mission shifts when he falls in love with Jenny Halliburtt, who disguised herself as a boy to join his crew and rescue her father a Confederate prisoner an abolitionist and journalist. warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Jules Verne, The Steam House Part 2 Tigers and Traitors, 1881
... Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London Date: 1881. ......Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London Date: 1881. ...“The Steam House” part two “Tigers and Traitors” is where the story continues with the Indian adventure from part one and brings the story of Colonel Munro and Nana Sahib to its climax. The same group of people continue their journey through northern India in the steam powered elephant that pulls two houses. The central conflict is Colonel Munro’s continued hunt for Nana Sahib, the rebel leader responsible for atrocities at Cawnpore during the 1857 Sepoy Rebellion, and for Munro’s wife, who was reported killed there. As they travel deeper into India, the party encounters various challenges including, tigers traitors and conspirators linked to Nana Sahib’s network. The landscape still seething with discontent after the Mutiny as the story builds to the confrontation with Nana Sahib and the resolution of Munro’s quest for revenge. The second part is also published under the alternative title “The End of Nana Sahib”, indicating that Nana Sahib’s fate is finally revealed.Hard cover book, The Steam House Part 2 Tigers and Traitors. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London Date: 1881. Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fiction“The Steam House” part two “Tigers and Traitors” is where the story continues with the Indian adventure from part one and brings the story of Colonel Munro and Nana Sahib to its climax. The same group of people continue their journey through northern India in the steam powered elephant that pulls two houses. The central conflict is Colonel Munro’s continued hunt for Nana Sahib, the rebel leader responsible for atrocities at Cawnpore during the 1857 Sepoy Rebellion, and for Munro’s wife, who was reported killed there. As they travel deeper into India, the party encounters various challenges including, tigers traitors and conspirators linked to Nana Sahib’s network. The landscape still seething with discontent after the Mutiny as the story builds to the confrontation with Nana Sahib and the resolution of Munro’s quest for revenge. The second part is also published under the alternative title “The End of Nana Sahib”, indicating that Nana Sahib’s fate is finally revealed.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Jules Verne, The Steam House Part 1 The Demon of Cawnpore, 1881
... Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London Date: 1881. ......Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London Date: 1881. ...The Steam House: Part 1, The Demon of Cawnpore is a Jules Verne adventure set in India after the 1857 Sepoy Rebellion. It follows a group of English and French travellers crossing northern India in a bizarre steam powered elephant named Behemoth that pulls two houses behind it. The main characters are a Colonel Munro who secretly hopes to find and destroy his old enemy, Nana Sahib who is the rebel leader linked to the Cawnpore bloodbath. The story unfolds as the journey begins, as a sort of grand expedition, with the travellers enjoying the novelty and comfort of their mobile home. As the trip continues, the plot turns into a hunt, because Munro believes Nana Sahib may still be alive and wants revenge for the killing of his wife at the Cawnpore massacre. In short It is an Indian adventure novel about a steam powered elephant journey that turns into a revenge quest for Colonel Munro against the elusive Nana Sahib.Hard cover book, The Steam House Part 1, The Demon of Cawnpore. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London Date: 1881. Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fictionThe Steam House: Part 1, The Demon of Cawnpore is a Jules Verne adventure set in India after the 1857 Sepoy Rebellion. It follows a group of English and French travellers crossing northern India in a bizarre steam powered elephant named Behemoth that pulls two houses behind it. The main characters are a Colonel Munro who secretly hopes to find and destroy his old enemy, Nana Sahib who is the rebel leader linked to the Cawnpore bloodbath. The story unfolds as the journey begins, as a sort of grand expedition, with the travellers enjoying the novelty and comfort of their mobile home. As the trip continues, the plot turns into a hunt, because Munro believes Nana Sahib may still be alive and wants revenge for the killing of his wife at the Cawnpore massacre. In short It is an Indian adventure novel about a steam powered elephant journey that turns into a revenge quest for Colonel Munro against the elusive Nana Sahib.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne, Martin Paz, 1876
... Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. ......Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. ...Martin Paz was published with “The Survivors of the Chancellor” novel, "Martin Paz" is a novella written in 1851 and set in Lima, Peru. The story follows a forbidden romance between Sarah, daughter of a Jewish businessman, and Martin Paz, a young Indian chief. When Sarah is promised to another man, their love ignites a dangerous chain of events involving knife fights, secret identities, and a violent Indian rebellion. As family secrets emerge and loyalties clash, the lovers must navigate the treacherous currents of Antisemitism, aristocracy, and cultural conflict in colonial Peru. This story is one of Verne’s early works written in 1851 and was first published in French in 1876 as part of the Voyages Extraordinaire series of works.Hard cover book, Martin Paz. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. W1. Date: 1876 Light green hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fictionMartin Paz was published with “The Survivors of the Chancellor” novel, "Martin Paz" is a novella written in 1851 and set in Lima, Peru. The story follows a forbidden romance between Sarah, daughter of a Jewish businessman, and Martin Paz, a young Indian chief. When Sarah is promised to another man, their love ignites a dangerous chain of events involving knife fights, secret identities, and a violent Indian rebellion. As family secrets emerge and loyalties clash, the lovers must navigate the treacherous currents of Antisemitism, aristocracy, and cultural conflict in colonial Peru. This story is one of Verne’s early works written in 1851 and was first published in French in 1876 as part of the Voyages Extraordinaire series of works.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's, ellen elizabeth frewer -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne, Scarpante The Spy, 1887
... Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. ......Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...Book A Fictional Adventure Story Jules Verne Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...“Scarpante the Spy” is not a separate Jules Verne novel; it is the title of a two part volume of “Kéraban the Inflexible”. in the English edition, the story is following The Captain of the Guidara. Originally published in French in 1883 and in Britain with two volumes in 1887. The story follows a stubborn Turkish merchant, Keraban, who refuses to pay a new tax on crossing the Bosporus and instead embarks on a lengthy journey around the Black Sea. The "Guidara" refers to the ship central to this Ottoman era adventure. It features two Dutchmen and the obstinate Keraban navigating political, cultural, and geographical challenges. The novel is richly illustrated and reflects Verne’s signature blend of travel, exploration, and historical detail.Hard cover book, Scarpante The Spy. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. W1. Date: 1887 Light green hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fiction“Scarpante the Spy” is not a separate Jules Verne novel; it is the title of a two part volume of “Kéraban the Inflexible”. in the English edition, the story is following The Captain of the Guidara. Originally published in French in 1883 and in Britain with two volumes in 1887. The story follows a stubborn Turkish merchant, Keraban, who refuses to pay a new tax on crossing the Bosporus and instead embarks on a lengthy journey around the Black Sea. The "Guidara" refers to the ship central to this Ottoman era adventure. It features two Dutchmen and the obstinate Keraban navigating political, cultural, and geographical challenges. The novel is richly illustrated and reflects Verne’s signature blend of travel, exploration, and historical detail. warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne, Abandoned, 1892
... Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, St. ......Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, St. ..."Abandoned" is the second part of Jules Verne’s “The Mysterious Island trilogy”, continuing the story of a group of castaways testing their ingenuity and courage on a remote Pacific island. The 1892 Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington edition is an early English language reprint of this work.This novel is not among Verne’s absolute core masterpieces like “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas” or “Around the World in Eighty Days”. Abandoned (also known as its original French title, "L’Île mystérieuse: Deuxième partie L’Abandonné" picks up the narrative of five or six men (including the engineer Cyrus Harding and the sailor Pencroff) who have already survived a balloon crash and built a rudimentary civilisation on a seemingly uninhabited island. As they explore the island further, they discover signs of a mysterious benefactor and eventually meet the “abandoned” character Ayrton, a former convict who has lived in isolation while the island itself faces natural and human threats that test their survival and moral choices. The story blends adventure, technology, and social Utopian themes, showing how rational cooperation can triumph over hardship and moral degeneration.Hard cover book, Abandoned. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, St. Dunstans House, Fetter Lane Fleet Street, London. EC. Date: 1892 Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fiction"Abandoned" is the second part of Jules Verne’s “The Mysterious Island trilogy”, continuing the story of a group of castaways testing their ingenuity and courage on a remote Pacific island. The 1892 Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington edition is an early English language reprint of this work.This novel is not among Verne’s absolute core masterpieces like “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas” or “Around the World in Eighty Days”. Abandoned (also known as its original French title, "L’Île mystérieuse: Deuxième partie L’Abandonné" picks up the narrative of five or six men (including the engineer Cyrus Harding and the sailor Pencroff) who have already survived a balloon crash and built a rudimentary civilisation on a seemingly uninhabited island. As they explore the island further, they discover signs of a mysterious benefactor and eventually meet the “abandoned” character Ayrton, a former convict who has lived in isolation while the island itself faces natural and human threats that test their survival and moral choices. The story blends adventure, technology, and social Utopian themes, showing how rational cooperation can triumph over hardship and moral degeneration.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne, Dick Sands The Boy Captain, 1882
... Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. ......Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. ...Dick Sands, the Boy Captain is a Jules Verne adventure novel about a teenage sailor who ends up commanding a ship after the captain and most of the crew are lost. The story follows his fight to protect the passengers and survive a dangerous diversion into Africa, where slavery is a central threat. It was first published in 1878 in French, under the title (“Un capitaine de quinze ans”) “A Captain at Fifteen”. The book begins with a whaling voyage that goes wrong, leaving the young Dick Sands as the only capable person to take charge. The ship is then secretly steered off course, and the plot turns into a survival and rescue story involving deception, moral courage, and the slave trade in Africa. In short, it is one of Verne’s more serious adventure novels, with a strong anti-slavery element.Hard cover book, Dick Sands The Boy Captain. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. W1. Date: 1882 Light green hardcover with the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fictionDick Sands, the Boy Captain is a Jules Verne adventure novel about a teenage sailor who ends up commanding a ship after the captain and most of the crew are lost. The story follows his fight to protect the passengers and survive a dangerous diversion into Africa, where slavery is a central threat. It was first published in 1878 in French, under the title (“Un capitaine de quinze ans”) “A Captain at Fifteen”. The book begins with a whaling voyage that goes wrong, leaving the young Dick Sands as the only capable person to take charge. The ship is then secretly steered off course, and the plot turns into a survival and rescue story involving deception, moral courage, and the slave trade in Africa. In short, it is one of Verne’s more serious adventure novels, with a strong anti-slavery element. warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne, Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery, 1883
... Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. ......Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. ...“Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery” is Jules Verne’s 1882 adventure novel, originally written in French as L’École des Robinson's (“The School for Robinson's”). It follows a wealthy San Franciscan, Godfrey Morgan, who is sent on a voyage to toughen him up, only to end up marooned in a Robinson Crusoe style survival story. The original French edition was published in 1882, the first British English edition published in March 1883 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington.Hard cover book, Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. W1. Date: 1883 Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fiction“Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery” is Jules Verne’s 1882 adventure novel, originally written in French as L’École des Robinson's (“The School for Robinson's”). It follows a wealthy San Franciscan, Godfrey Morgan, who is sent on a voyage to toughen him up, only to end up marooned in a Robinson Crusoe style survival story. The original French edition was published in 1882, the first British English edition published in March 1883 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne, Eight Hundred Leagues On The Amazon, 1885
... Hard cover book, Eight Hundred Leagues On The Amazon Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings Fleet Street, London. ......Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...Eight Hundred Leagues On The Amazon Book A Fictional Adventure Story Jules Verne Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon is Jules Verne’s Amazon adventure about the Garral family traveling down the river on a giant raft so a wedding can take place in Belém, while the father, Joam Garral, also tries to clear his name for a crime he didn’t commit. The plot turns on a cryptogram and a dangerous antagonist who controls proof of Garral’s innocence. The novel was first published in French in 1881, and the first British edition was also in November 1881, issued by Sampson Low as part one of The Giant Raft / Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon. The subject novel is an 1885 London edition is a later reprint by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington.Hard cover book, Eight Hundred Leagues On The Amazon Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings Fleet Street, London. W1. Date: 1885 Light brown hardcover with the spine having a library label. Lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fictionEight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon is Jules Verne’s Amazon adventure about the Garral family traveling down the river on a giant raft so a wedding can take place in Belém, while the father, Joam Garral, also tries to clear his name for a crime he didn’t commit. The plot turns on a cryptogram and a dangerous antagonist who controls proof of Garral’s innocence. The novel was first published in French in 1881, and the first British edition was also in November 1881, issued by Sampson Low as part one of The Giant Raft / Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon. The subject novel is an 1885 London edition is a later reprint by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne et al, Keraban The Inflexible (part 1) The Captain of The Guidara, 1887
... Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. ......Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. ..."The Captain of the Guidara" refers to the English title of the first volume of Jules Verne's 1883 novel Kéraban le Têtu, part of his Voyages Extraordinaire series. The second novel features “Scarpante the Spy” to complete the two part volume of “Kéraban the Inflexible”.In the English edition, the story is following The Captain of the Guidara. Originally published in French in 1883 and in Britain with two volumes in 1887. The story follows a stubborn Turkish merchant, Keraban, who refuses to pay a new tax on crossing the Bosporus and instead embarks on a lengthy journey around the Black Sea. The "Guidara" refers to the ship central to this Ottoman era adventure. It features two Dutchmen and the obstinate Keraban navigating political, cultural, and geographical challenges. The novel is richly illustrated and reflects Verne’s signature blend of travel, exploration, and historical detail.Hard cover book, Keraban The Inflexible (part 1)The Captain of The Guidara. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. W1. Date: 1887 Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fiction"The Captain of the Guidara" refers to the English title of the first volume of Jules Verne's 1883 novel Kéraban le Têtu, part of his Voyages Extraordinaire series. The second novel features “Scarpante the Spy” to complete the two part volume of “Kéraban the Inflexible”.In the English edition, the story is following The Captain of the Guidara. Originally published in French in 1883 and in Britain with two volumes in 1887. The story follows a stubborn Turkish merchant, Keraban, who refuses to pay a new tax on crossing the Bosporus and instead embarks on a lengthy journey around the Black Sea. The "Guidara" refers to the ship central to this Ottoman era adventure. It features two Dutchmen and the obstinate Keraban navigating political, cultural, and geographical challenges. The novel is richly illustrated and reflects Verne’s signature blend of travel, exploration, and historical detail. warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road, keraban the inflexible (part 1) the captain of the guidara, jules verne -
Koorie Heritage TrustBook, Bonwick, James 1817-1906, The last of the Tasmanians; or, The black war of Van Diemen's Land. London, Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, 1870, 1969
... The last of the Tasmanians; or, The black war of Van Diemen's Land. London, Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, 1870...The last of the Tasmanians; or, The black war of Van Diemen's Land. London, Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, 1870 Book Bonwick, James 1817-1906 Libraries Board of South Australia ...Explores the known history of the Aboriginal Tasmanians from the first encounters by white men to the settlement , conflicts and fate of the Tasmanians under white settlement.vii, 400 p. illus. (part col.) fold. map. 23 cm.Explores the known history of the Aboriginal Tasmanians from the first encounters by white men to the settlement , conflicts and fate of the Tasmanians under white settlement.aboriginal tasmanians. | tasmania -- history -- to 1803. | tasmania -- history -- 1803-1900. -
The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.Book, Alexander Tolmer Vol 1- Adventurous and Chequered Career- Sampson Low- Marston- Searle and Rivington- Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street- 1882
... Alexander Tolmer Vol 1- Adventurous and Chequered Career- Sampson Low- Marston- Searle and Rivington- Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street- 1882...Alexander Tolmer Vol 1- Adventurous and Chequered Career- Sampson Low- Marston- Searle and Rivington- Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street- 1882 Book ... -
The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.Book, Reminiscences- Adventurous and Chequered Career- Alexander Tolmer- Volume 2- Sampson Low, Martson, Searle, and Rivington 1882-Gilbert and Rivington
... Reminiscences- Adventurous and Chequered Career- Alexander Tolmer- Volume 2- Sampson Low, Martson, Searle, and Rivington 1882-Gilbert and Rivington...Reminiscences- Adventurous and Chequered Career- Alexander Tolmer- Volume 2- Sampson Low, Martson, Searle, and Rivington 1882-Gilbert and Rivington Book ... -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Jules Verne et al, The Giant Raft Part 2, The Cryptogram, 1885
... Hard Cover: The Giant Raft (Part II) The Cryptogram Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Date: 1885 Blue hardcover book with cloth fabric cover. ......Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) ...Book A Fictional Story Jules Verne Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington (Publishers) W. ...The Giant Raft is a two part adventure novel set on the Amazon River part 1 “Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon” was primarily a geographical tale following the journey through tropical forests and the prairies of Peru and Brazil. Part 2 “The Cryptogram.” The cryptogram is a cipher mystery that becomes the central theme with geographical interest subordinate to the plot. This revolves around ranch owner Joam Garral, living near the Peruvian Brazilian border and is wanted in Brazil for a crime he didn't commit. He travels downstream on a giant timber raft with his family to Belém at the river's mouth, hoping to restore his good name. A scoundrel named Torres possesses an encrypted letter that could exonerate Joam, but demands Joam's daughter's hand in marriage for it. When Torres is killed, the Garral family must race to decode the Gronsfeld cipher before Joam faces execution.Hard Cover: The Giant Raft (Part II) The Cryptogram Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Date: 1885 Blue hardcover book with cloth fabric cover. Original library sticker. A line drawing on the fly page is within a circle bordered by a vine plant. Within the circle is a man dressed in a suit, wearing a cravat, holding an unravelled scroll with marks like a crossword, and tugging at a vine wrapped around his neck. Title and Author written in black texter to the spine. fictionThe Giant Raft is a two part adventure novel set on the Amazon River part 1 “Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon” was primarily a geographical tale following the journey through tropical forests and the prairies of Peru and Brazil. Part 2 “The Cryptogram.” The cryptogram is a cipher mystery that becomes the central theme with geographical interest subordinate to the plot. This revolves around ranch owner Joam Garral, living near the Peruvian Brazilian border and is wanted in Brazil for a crime he didn't commit. He travels downstream on a giant timber raft with his family to Belém at the river's mouth, hoping to restore his good name. A scoundrel named Torres possesses an encrypted letter that could exonerate Joam, but demands Joam's daughter's hand in marriage for it. When Torres is killed, the Garral family must race to decode the Gronsfeld cipher before Joam faces execution.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's -
Beechworth Honey ArchivePublication, e-book, Bee-keeping by "The Times" bee-master (Cummings, J.), London, 1864, 1864
... London, Sampson Low, Son & Marston ... -
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Ballarat Clarendon CollegeBook, Sampson Low, Marston Co., & Ltd, The splendid book of locomotives, [undated]
... Sampson Low, Marston Co., & Ltd...The splendid book of locomotives Book Sampson Low, Marston Co., & Ltd Purnell & Sons Jackson, G. ...This prize was awarded to John David Clark (1948py) by Ballarat College.School book prize awarded to J.D.Clark (1948py), accompanied by the Speech Day program for 14 December 1944 which details the presentation of this prize. Front cover embossed in gold with school insignia and motto Book plate on first page reads: 'College insignia / Ballarat College / Fifth A Form / Progress Prize / Awarded to / J. D. Clark / R E Thwaites / December 1944 Principal'1944, ballarat college, prize, john david clark, book prize, progress prize, r e thwaites -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, HINGSTON, James, Australian Abroad : branches from the main routes round the world, 1879
... ...Sampson Low...Australian Abroad : branches from the main routes round the world Book HINGSTON, James Sampson Low ...Book from the Cleeland Bequest - a comprehensive collection of books relating to the History of England, Civil & Military, Religious, Intellectual & Social. Inscribed 'Presented to "Mud" by her affectionate "Johnnie". Xmas 1879'.cleeland bequest -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, HINGSTON, James, Australian Abroad : branches from the main routes round the world. Series II. Ceylon, India and Egypt, 1880
... ...Sampson Low...Book HINGSTON, James Sampson Low ...Book from the Cleeland Bequest - a comprehensive collection of books relating to the History of England, Civil & Military, Religious, Intellectual & Social. Inscribed 'Jno Cleeland, Wollomai', 'Cleeland' on foredge. Labelled 'Cowes Free Public Library'. 'Phillip Island Historical Society. Cleeland Bequest'.cleeland bequest -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Verne, Jules, Round the�moon�: a sequel to From the Earth to the�moon, 1881
... ...Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington...Inscribed Henry Blashki, from his brothers Aaron & Louis 8th Decr 1884' Round the�moon�: a sequel to From the Earth to the�moon Book Verne, Jules Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington ...Stamped 'Cowes Public Library'. Labelled 'Phillip Island Historical Society, Cleeland Bequest'. Inscribed Henry Blashki, from his brothers Aaron & Louis 8th Decr 1884' -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, STANLEY, Henry M, Through the dark continent, or, the sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingston River to the Atlantic Ocean, 1890
... ...Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington...Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc. phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Through the dark continent, or, the sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingston River to the Atlantic Ocean Book STANLEY, Henry M. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington ... -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, R.D. Blackmore, The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore, Bart, M.P., Formerly Known as 'Tommy Upmore', 1895
... ...Sampson, Low, Marston and Company Ltd...Blackmore William Clongs and Sons LimitedStamford Street & Charing Cross Sampson, Low, Marston and Company Ltd ...A novel about an unlikely young man who goes on to be a member of Parliament. Social commentary and criticism is weaved in. Blackmore was also the author of LORNA DOONE.Dark green cloth-covered board. Gold lettering on spine. Indented self coloured writing on front cover 4 horizontal indented self coloured stripes on bottom. 440 pages.A novel about an unlikely young man who goes on to be a member of Parliament. Social commentary and criticism is weaved in. Blackmore was also the author of LORNA DOONE.social commentary, novel, politics -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Ermine, Will, Rustlers' Bend, 1950
... ...Sampson Low...Rustlers' Bend Book Novel Ermine, Will Sampson Low Purnell and Sons ...Western172 p. : red cover, section of original dust jacket pasted to front, image depicts two men in a gunfight.fictionWesternfiction, westrns, will ermine -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book, Dodge, Mrs M. E, Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates, [1865]
... ...Sampson Low, Son & Marston...Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates Book Book Dodge, Mrs M. E. Sampson Low, Son & Marston Ballantyne and Company ...303 p.fictionice skating, mystery, james dodds, original collection, fiction, mrs dodge, m. e. dodge -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Ewer, Monica, End of the road, 1951
... ...Sampson Low....: red cover : Frontispiece illustration of man and woman (pasted on from the original dust jacket) End of the road Book Novel Ewer, Monica Sampson Low Purnell and Sons ...Family/romance story based on the Selincourts who move to the country when the father inherits a house. The move changes the family dynamics for the better, bringing a large measure of contentment297p.: red cover : Frontispiece illustration of man and woman (pasted on from the original dust jacket) fictionFamily/romance story based on the Selincourts who move to the country when the father inherits a house. The move changes the family dynamics for the better, bringing a large measure of contentmentfiction, romance, family saga, monica ewer -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bonwick, James, Port Phillip settlement, 1883
... ...Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington...Port Phillip settlement Book Bonwick, James Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington ...Contents: Discovery; Mr. Grimes round the Bay, 1803; Settlement of 1803; The settlement of 1826; Hume and Hovell's overland journey; The Western Port settlement; Captain Sturt on the Murray; Portland Bay settlement in 1834; Major Mitchell's discoveries in Australia Felix; Life of John Batman; Batman's journal and report; The wild white man; The surveyor's note-book and report; Life of Mr. Fawkner before 1835; Fawkner on the Yarra Yarra; Official correspondence; The Port Phillip Association; Official recognition of trespassers; First Government of Port Phillip; Mr Gellibrand lost in the bush; The Governor's visit to the Yarra; Melbourne and its land sale; The stock question; Mr Mackillop's narrative; Progress of the settlement; The early Melbourne press; Discovery of Gipps Land; The Black Question; Narratives of Old Hands; Causes of emigration in 1835; An Overland journeyx, 537 pages, [36] leaves of plates (some folded.) illustrations (1 colour), facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm.Contents: Discovery; Mr. Grimes round the Bay, 1803; Settlement of 1803; The settlement of 1826; Hume and Hovell's overland journey; The Western Port settlement; Captain Sturt on the Murray; Portland Bay settlement in 1834; Major Mitchell's discoveries in Australia Felix; Life of John Batman; Batman's journal and report; The wild white man; The surveyor's note-book and report; Life of Mr. Fawkner before 1835; Fawkner on the Yarra Yarra; Official correspondence; The Port Phillip Association; Official recognition of trespassers; First Government of Port Phillip; Mr Gellibrand lost in the bush; The Governor's visit to the Yarra; Melbourne and its land sale; The stock question; Mr Mackillop's narrative; Progress of the settlement; The early Melbourne press; Discovery of Gipps Land; The Black Question; Narratives of Old Hands; Causes of emigration in 1835; An Overland journeymelbourne (vic.) -- history -- to 1834. | melbourne (vic.) -- history -- 1834-1851. | port phillip bay region (vic.) -- history. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Labilliere, Francis Peter, Early history of the colony of Victoria : from its discovery to its establishment as a self-governing province of the British Empire, 1878
... ...Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington...Vol 1: 312pp; Vol 2: 371pp (2 volumes ; 19 cm. ) Early history of the colony of Victoria : from its discovery to its establishment as a self-governing province of the British Empire Book Labilliere, Francis Peter Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington ...Vol 1: 312pp; Vol 2: 371pp (2 volumes ; 19 cm. )victoria -- history. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bonwick, James, The Last of the Tasmanians : or The Black War of Van Diemen's Land, 1870
... ...London : Sampson Low, Son, & Marston...The Last of the Tasmanians : or The Black War of Van Diemen's Land Book Bonwick, James London : Sampson Low, Son, & Marston ...Contents: Voyagers' Tales of the Tasmanians - The first battle; Captain Cook's visit; The French visit in 1792; Flinders and Bass at the Derwent; Peron's visit in 1802; The French and the Wood-nymphs. The Black War - Massacre of the Blacks in 1804; Destruction of Public Records; Kidnapping Black Boys; Michael Howe's Black Mary; Chase after Stock-keepers; Colonel Sorell's order of 1819. Cruelties to the Blacks - Cruelty of Early Settlers; Cruelty of Bushrangers; Spanish and Dutch Cruelties. Outrages of the Blacks - Hanging of Two Aborigines; The Demarcation Order of 1828; Martial Law; Pictorial Proclamation; Proclamation of October 1830; Mosquito and the Tame Mob; Execution of Mosquito and Black Jack; Cruelties of the Blacks; A hand left in the trap; Bravery of a Half-caste wife; Chastity of White Women respected; Time of terror. The Line - Proclamation for Volunteers; Arrangements for the Capture; Leaders and numbers in the Line; Savage's Tale of the Savages; Mr. Walpole caught a Black; Siege of the "Three Thumbs"; Ï30,000 for One Black; Egg-gathers break through a Line. Capture Parties - Leaders of Parties; John Batman, the Blacks' Friend; The Sydney Black Guides; A Night at Ben Lomond; Gilbert Robertson, the Leader; Jorgen Jorgenson, the Dane. George Augustus Robinson, The Concilliator - Bruni Island Depot; Tuganina, the beautiful Tasmanian; The Conciliatory Mission; Robinson's Capture of a Tribe; Triumphal Entry into Hobart Town; Truganina saves Robinson's Life. Flinders Island - Swan Island Depot; Gun Carriage Island; Flinders Island Depot; Visit of the Quaker Missionaries; Life of Aborigines on Flinders Island; Mr Clark, the Catechist; School Examination of the Natives; Dr. Jeannert, the Commandant; Dr Milligan removes Natives from Flinders. Oyster Cove - Author's Visit to the Naives at Oyster Cove; Death of Mr Clark; Maryann and Walter. The Sealers - Home Life of Sealers' Women; Robinson removes the Women to Flinders; The Quakers and Sealers. Half-Castes - Murder of Half-castes; Fecundity of Mixed Races; Bishop Nixon's Visit to the Straits' Half-castes; Bong and her Daughter Dolly. Native Rights - Legal Rights; Hanging of Four Tasmanians. Civilization - Whately's Degradation Theory; Effects of Civilization; Drink and Civilization; Walter the civilized Tasmanian; An Aboriginal Discourse; Mr. Wedge's Black Boy; Failure of Australian Missions; Christian Tasmanians. Decline - Amalgamation of Races; Decline, a 'Decreeof Providence'; Hawaiian and Maori Decline; Drink, the great Destroyer; Story of the civilised Mathinna; Count Strzelecki's Theory of Decline; Lanne, the Last Man; Lalla Rookh, the Last Tasmanian.400 p., 15 leaves of ports. : ill., fold-out map ; 23 cm.Contents: Voyagers' Tales of the Tasmanians - The first battle; Captain Cook's visit; The French visit in 1792; Flinders and Bass at the Derwent; Peron's visit in 1802; The French and the Wood-nymphs. The Black War - Massacre of the Blacks in 1804; Destruction of Public Records; Kidnapping Black Boys; Michael Howe's Black Mary; Chase after Stock-keepers; Colonel Sorell's order of 1819. Cruelties to the Blacks - Cruelty of Early Settlers; Cruelty of Bushrangers; Spanish and Dutch Cruelties. Outrages of the Blacks - Hanging of Two Aborigines; The Demarcation Order of 1828; Martial Law; Pictorial Proclamation; Proclamation of October 1830; Mosquito and the Tame Mob; Execution of Mosquito and Black Jack; Cruelties of the Blacks; A hand left in the trap; Bravery of a Half-caste wife; Chastity of White Women respected; Time of terror. The Line - Proclamation for Volunteers; Arrangements for the Capture; Leaders and numbers in the Line; Savage's Tale of the Savages; Mr. Walpole caught a Black; Siege of the "Three Thumbs"; Ï30,000 for One Black; Egg-gathers break through a Line. Capture Parties - Leaders of Parties; John Batman, the Blacks' Friend; The Sydney Black Guides; A Night at Ben Lomond; Gilbert Robertson, the Leader; Jorgen Jorgenson, the Dane. George Augustus Robinson, The Concilliator - Bruni Island Depot; Tuganina, the beautiful Tasmanian; The Conciliatory Mission; Robinson's Capture of a Tribe; Triumphal Entry into Hobart Town; Truganina saves Robinson's Life. Flinders Island - Swan Island Depot; Gun Carriage Island; Flinders Island Depot; Visit of the Quaker Missionaries; Life of Aborigines on Flinders Island; Mr Clark, the Catechist; School Examination of the Natives; Dr. Jeannert, the Commandant; Dr Milligan removes Natives from Flinders. Oyster Cove - Author's Visit to the Naives at Oyster Cove; Death of Mr Clark; Maryann and Walter. The Sealers - Home Life of Sealers' Women; Robinson removes the Women to Flinders; The Quakers and Sealers. Half-Castes - Murder of Half-castes; Fecundity of Mixed Races; Bishop Nixon's Visit to the Straits' Half-castes; Bong and her Daughter Dolly. Native Rights - Legal Rights; Hanging of Four Tasmanians. Civilization - Whately's Degradation Theory; Effects of Civilization; Drink and Civilization; Walter the civilized Tasmanian; An Aboriginal Discourse; Mr. Wedge's Black Boy; Failure of Australian Missions; Christian Tasmanians. Decline - Amalgamation of Races; Decline, a 'Decreeof Providence'; Hawaiian and Maori Decline; Drink, the great Destroyer; Story of the civilised Mathinna; Count Strzelecki's Theory of Decline; Lanne, the Last Man; Lalla Rookh, the Last Tasmanian. aboriginal tasmanians. | tasmania -- history -- to 1803. | tasmania -- history -- 1803-1900. -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, F.M. Cutlack, The Australians : their final campaign, 1918 : an account of the concluding operations of the Australian divisions in France, 1919
... ...Sampson Low, Marston...The Australians : their final campaign, 1918 : an account of the concluding operations of the Australian divisions in France Book F.M. Cutlack. Sampson Low, Marston ...The 1918 campaigns of the Australian army in FranceIndex, appendices, maps, p.336.non-fictionThe 1918 campaigns of the Australian army in Franceworld war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france, australian army - 1st aif
