Crown 8vo, 5s.

THE DEVELOPMENT

OF

AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE.

BY

HENRY GYLES TURNER

AND

ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND.

With Portraits and Illustrations.

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.,

LONDON, NEW YORK AND BOMBAY.

OF THE

COLONY OF VICTORIA

FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO ITS ABSORPTION
INTO THE

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. I.

A.D. 1797-1854

BY

HENRY GYLES TURNER

FELLOW OF THE INSTITUTE OF BANKERS, LONDON
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, LONDON, ETC., ETC.

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Dedication.

TO

THE COMPANION OF MY BOYHOOD'S DAYS,

WHO FOR HALF A CENTURY HAS BEEN

MY WIFE,

THESE ANNALS OF A COUNTRY IN WHICH

WE HAVE FOUND MUCH HAPPINESS ARE

AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.

H. G. T.