Henry Dashwood Sealy-Vidal - Sketches of Australian Life, ca. 1900

Four sketches  written by Rev. Sealy-Vidal based on his own experiences as a clergyman living in rural New South Wales. (A transcription is included).
1. 'Australian Bush Scenes - Flotsam Jetsam'. Deals with itinerant workers known as swagmen or men 'on the wallaby'
2. 'Sketches of Australian Life I by V.S.D.'. Deals with the daily lives of  of farmers on small holdings.
3. 'Sketches of Australian Life II by V.S.D.'. Deals with drought, the lack of religious instruction and other difficulties faced by farmers as well as the ways in which they amuse themselves. 
4. 'Sketches of Australian Life III. Some Typical Bush Houses'.

Henry Dashwood Sealy-Vidal - Sketches of Australian Life, ca. 1900

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