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Auction: 13017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 744

ALLEN, Chas. H. A Visit to Queensland and her Goldfields. Chapman & Hall, London, 1870. Octavo, 376 pages, lacks folding map. Original decorated cloth, slightly affected by damp at bottom, some damp staining on endpapers but text completely unaffected. Decorative blind-stamped booksellers device on front endpaper. Generally clean and sound with some rubbing to spine. A very rare work

The author resided for several months in 1869 in Queensland, during which time he visited the celebrated Goldfields of Gympie Creek not long after their discovery. He also inspected many of the lesser gold diggings and quartz reefs of Northern Queensland, and subsequently was able to compare them with some of the older and more developed goldfields of Victoria. Included are chapters on Sydney and the Blue Mountains, Brisbane and the Darling Downs, Rockhampton and the Fitzroy River, Gympie Goldfields, Quartz Reefs of Northern Queensland, Australian aborigines, Melbourne, Ballarat, Port Phillip Mining Company, Clunes, the potato district, emigration, New Zealand. The last four chapters describe the return journey to England via Panama, New York, Niagara and Quebec.

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Estimate
£200 to £250