The Resource The life and adventures of Edward Snell : the illustrated diary of an artist, engineer and adventurer in the Australian colonies 1849 to 1859, edited and introduced by Tom Griffiths with assistance from Alan Platt
The life and adventures of Edward Snell : the illustrated diary of an artist, engineer and adventurer in the Australian colonies 1849 to 1859, edited and introduced by Tom Griffiths with assistance from Alan Platt
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The item The life and adventures of Edward Snell : the illustrated diary of an artist, engineer and adventurer in the Australian colonies 1849 to 1859, edited and introduced by Tom Griffiths with assistance from Alan Platt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).
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- Summary
- Edward Snell kept two diaries -- one in England from 1842 to 1849 and one in Australia from 1849 to 1859. His Australian diary held in the State Library of Victoria's Australian Manuscripts Collection is published in its' entirety in this book. It records Snell's voyages to and from the colonies and tells of his experiences in South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria -- where, after spending some months on the goldfields near Bendigo, he won the contract to build the Geelong-Melbourne railway, Australia's first country railway ; includes many references to, descriptions and sketches of Aboriginal people, living conditions, customs etc
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xliv, 480 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Isbn
- 9780207155291
- Label
- The life and adventures of Edward Snell : the illustrated diary of an artist, engineer and adventurer in the Australian colonies 1849 to 1859
- Title
- The life and adventures of Edward Snell
- Title remainder
- the illustrated diary of an artist, engineer and adventurer in the Australian colonies 1849 to 1859
- Statement of responsibility
- edited and introduced by Tom Griffiths with assistance from Alan Platt
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Edward Snell kept two diaries -- one in England from 1842 to 1849 and one in Australia from 1849 to 1859. His Australian diary held in the State Library of Victoria's Australian Manuscripts Collection is published in its' entirety in this book. It records Snell's voyages to and from the colonies and tells of his experiences in South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria -- where, after spending some months on the goldfields near Bendigo, he won the contract to build the Geelong-Melbourne railway, Australia's first country railway ; includes many references to, descriptions and sketches of Aboriginal people, living conditions, customs etc
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1820-1880
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Snell, Edward John
- Dewey number
- 994.03/1
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- facsimiles
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1957-
- 1931-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Griffiths, Tom
- Platt, Alan
- Library Council of Victoria
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Snell, Edward John
- Label
- The life and adventures of Edward Snell : the illustrated diary of an artist, engineer and adventurer in the Australian colonies 1849 to 1859, edited and introduced by Tom Griffiths with assistance from Alan Platt
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: p. 421-425
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000005428682
- Dimensions
- 27 cm.
- Extent
- xliv, 480 pages
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
- Isbn
- 9780207155291
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some coloured), facsimiles, maps
- Label
- The life and adventures of Edward Snell : the illustrated diary of an artist, engineer and adventurer in the Australian colonies 1849 to 1859, edited and introduced by Tom Griffiths with assistance from Alan Platt
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: p. 421-425
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000005428682
- Dimensions
- 27 cm.
- Extent
- xliv, 480 pages
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
- Isbn
- 9780207155291
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some coloured), facsimiles, maps
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