The Henty Diaries
A Record of Farming, Whaling and Shipping in Portland Bay, 1834-1839
$68.72
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
30 June 1992
Summary
These journals, some of the most valuable items in the La Trobe Library, State Library of Victoria, have never before been published.The Henty family emigrated from Sussex to Launceston in Van Diemen’s Land in the early 1830s. Three of the brothers became pioneer settlers at Portland Bay on Australia’s southern coast. Their journals, which are among the most valuable items in the manuscript collection of the LaTrobe Library, State Library of Victoria, have never before been published. Written…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522846669 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522846661 |
| Author: | Lynnette J. Peel |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | The Miegunyah Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 30 June 1992 |
| Weight: | 479g |
| Dimensions: | 241mm x 161mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Miegunyah Press, Series 2 |
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About The Author
Lynnette J. Peel
Dr Lynette Peel was brought up on a farm near Geelong. She holds a masters degree in agricultural science and a doctorate in Australian history from Melbourne and Monash universities respectively. Now living in England, she is an independent writer and consultant and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Reading, and maintains her interest in both agricultural science and history.
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