Historical information

Ballarat born primary school teacher and local historian Nathan Frederick Spielvogel was born in 1874 and died in 1956 at Ballarat.

A gumsucker is a native of Victoria, Australia. 'A Gumsucker on the Tramp' was an early Australian best seller with around 20,000 copies appearing in several editions

Physical description

Green and blue soft covered book of 108 pages relating to an Australian's Impressions during a lengthy trip to Europe. The book comprises of travel narratives written by Nathan Spielvogel for the 'Dimboola Banner'.