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Colonial facts and fictions: Humorous sketches

John Milne

  • Humour
  • Book language: English
  • 309 pages

A collection of humorous sketches from colonial life in Australia and New Zealand, published in 1886. Through short pieces on travel, places and everyday incidents, it offers a gentle, comic view of colonial manners. A pleasant read for lovers of travel sketches and old-fashioned satire.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. COLONIAL FACTS AND FICTIONS.
  2. CONTENTS.
  3. NORTH AUSTRALIA.
  4. QUEENSLAND.
  5. ADVENTURES WITH A BOOMERANG.
  6. DARLING DOWNS AND NEW ENGLAND.
  7. THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF HULLOOMALOO.
  8. TASMANIA.
  9. NEW ZEALAND; OR, THE LAND OF THE MAORIS AND MOAS.
  10. TRIP TO THE HOT LAKES.
  11. A SYSTEMATIC GUIDE-BOOK.
  12. THE JOURNEY TO NEW ZEALAND.
  13. COACHING IN NEW ZEALAND.
  14. THE HOT LAKES.
  15. THE COLD LAKES.
  16. SUNRISES AND SUNSETS.
  17. THE GENERAL ASPECT OF NATURE IN NEW ZEALAND.
  18. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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