Readings in Melbourne: With an Essay on the Resources and Prospects of Victoria, for the Emigrant and Uneasy ClassesThis book addresses on English life in the city of Melbourne. They cover a period commencing with the earlier gold discoveries, and they close with the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to the colony, in the year 1868. |
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| Title | Readings in Melbourne: With an Essay on the Resources and Prospects of Victoria, for the Emigrant and Uneasy Classes |
| Author | Sir Archibald Michie |
| Publisher | Low, 1879 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 1 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 329 pages |
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