Land Labour and Gold; or Two Years in Victoria. With visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land. Introd. by Prof. S.J. Butlin.

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Kilmore Victoria: Lowden Publishing (1972). Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xvi 398 22pp.). Facsimile edition. 2 volumes in 1. Originally publ. London 1855. (Australian Historical Reprints Series). Fine. NOTE: Howitt's vivid reporting of close observation of life in Melbourne Bendigo Ballarat and other goldfields produced one of the best and most accurate pictures of Australian life in the mid-19th century.