(Paperback, First published in London by Hurst and Blackett in 1853. The publication of this)

A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 is an account of Clacy's visit with her brother to the Victorian goldfields. It combines detailed description with features of real dramatic interest and gives a lively impression of the times.

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Is Furphy's great novel first published in 1903, and signalled the end of the "colonial romance" by its realistic portrayal of Australian rural life.

(Paperback, This edition published by Sydney University Press, 2016. Prepared from the print)

The Art of Living in Australia was first published in 1893 and urged the value of Mediterranean eating and drinking habits for the Australian way of life.

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The Glugs of Gosh is a political satire about the inhabitants of Gosh, a world that seems to be suspiciously full of the same weaknesses and absurdities as our own...

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Martin's novels include An Australian Girl (1890) and The Silent Sea (1892). The Incredible Journey, her last novel, published in 1923, is the story of two aboriginal women through desert country to retrieve a little boy kidnapped by a white man.

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Journal of a Tour of Discovery Across the Blue Mountains in New South Wales in the Year 1813 was first published in 1823. It is a romantic and descriptive narrative of the journey to find a path across the Blue Mountains and received a great reception both in England and in Australia.

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Rolf Boldrewood's most significant work was Robbery Under Arms, published in serial form in the Sydney Mail 1882-83, and published as a novel in London in 1888.

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The Eureka Stockade is Carboni's eccentric yet shrewd account of the events leading up to and beyond the miners' revolt on the Victorian goldfields in 1854.

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Here's Another was published in 1932 and consists of comic articles selected from Lower's regular newspaper contributions.

(Paperback, First published in 1793 by G. Nicol and J. Sewell)

Watkin Tench served as a captain of marines on one of the vessels of the First Fleet and recorded his observations of the voyage in A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay. Tench also wrote of the subsequent settlement in New South Wales in A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson.

(Paperback, First published in 1910 by W. K. Thomas and Co.)

Spence's Autobiography is a record of a fascinating life, from childhood in Scotland, emigration to South Australia, her career as journalist and novelist, her activities on behalf of electoral reform, public education and the welfare of mothers and children, her meetings and communications with contemporary celebrities.

(Paperback, First published in 1898 by George Robertson and Co.)

Below and On Top was published in 1898 and is a collection of short stories about mining and life in the bush. It contains Dyson's most famous story the classic "The Golden Shanty" as well as other stories.

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Published when Lower was only 27, Here's Luck was described as 'Australia's funniest book'.

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As Stone's most successful novel, Jonah broke new ground with its realistic and artistic representations of a city. Published in London in 1911, Jonah relates the story of Joe Jones, larrikin leader of a city 'push'.

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Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay is one of Tench's two accounts of early colonial Australian life. Before setting sail for Australia, Tench arranged with the London firm Debrett to publish his account of the colony for the eager readership back home.

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Published originally in 1900 by Angus and Robertson, On the Track is a collection of short stories that captures the lives of men and women living in turn-of-the-century Australia, using humour and sympathy in the descriptions.

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Saltbush Bill J.P. and Other Verses was published in 1917 and contains the national song "Waltzing Matilda", as well as "Saltbush Bill, J.P." and "A Dream of the Melbourne Cup".

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Spinifex and Sand is Carnegie's celebrated journal of exploration following several years expeditions through the most inhospitable regions of the continent.

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Quong Tart was born in Guangdong province and migrated with his uncle to Australia in 1859. After working on the goldfields he established a tea trading business and opened a chain of tea rooms in Sydney. He became a leading merchant and a local community leader and philanthropist, and was well-known and respected despite anti-Chinese attitudes.

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This republished edition of Ada Cambridge's Thirty Years, first published over 100 years ago, is an incisive and moving autobiography that paints a picture of life for women in the late 1800's in Australia.

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A Voyage to Botany Bay was published in 1795. George Barrington was transported to Australia in the early years of settlement. Neither of these works was written by him; they are most likely compilations from official reports and other works.

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Triangles of Life and Other Stories contains eleven short stories written by Henry Lawson including the autobiographical 'Letters to Jack Cornstalk', 'A Child in the Dark', 'Foreign Father' and Lawson's own Samaritan story, 'The Strangers' Friend', as well as the eponymous 'Triangles'.