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Charles Dickens' Australia : selected essays from household words 1850-1859 / researched and presented by Margaret Mendelawitz.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781920898670 (pbk. : bk. 1)
	9781920898687 (pbk. : bk. 2)
	9781920898694 (pbk. : bk. 3)
	9781920899257 (pbk. : bk. 4)
	9781920899264 (pbk. : bk. 5)
	9781920899271 (set)
Author	Mendelawitz, Margaret
Title	Charles Dickens' Australia : selected essays from household words 1850-1859 / researched and presented by Margaret Mendelawitz.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Sydney : Sydney University Press, 2011.
Description	5 v. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	bk.1. Convict stories -- bk. 2. Immigration -- bk. 3. Frontier stories -- bk. 4. Mining and gold -- bk. 5. Maritime conditions.
Summary	Of the nearly 3000 articles published in Household Words, some 100 related to Australia and have been collected in this anthology. Dickens saw Australia offering opportunities for England's poor and downtrodden to make a new start and a brighter future for themselves; optimism reflected in many of the articles.
Subjects	Australia -- History -- 19th century
	Australia -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
	Australia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons	Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons	Mendelawitz, Margaret
Call number	824.8 MEN

Item Information
Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status
A00905953	824.8 MEN v.5	General Collection	v. 5 Maritime conditions	. Available to Museum Staff .
A00906007	824.8 MEN v.4	General Collection	v.4 Mining and gold	. Available to Museum Staff .
A00906051	824.8 MEN v.3	General Collection	v. 3 Frontier stories	. Available to Museum Staff .
A00906109	824.8 MEN v.2	General Collection	v. 2 Immigration	. Available to Museum Staff .
A00906153	824.8 MEN v.1	General Collection	v. 1 Convict stories	. Available to Museum Staff .