A Mother's offering to her children / by a lady long resident in New South Wales.
A Mother's offering to her children / by a lady long resident in New South Wales.
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Full title
Publisher
[Sydney? : s.n., 1841?] (Sydney : Printed at the "Gazette" Office)
Date
1841?]
Call Numbers
84/506 , C 998/B , C 998/A , MRB/A828/8 , MRB/A828/8A
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
216 p. ; 18 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
[Sydney? : s.n., 1841?] (Sydney : Printed at the "Gazette" Office)
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
1841?]
Subjects
More information
Alternative Titles
Full title
A Mother's offering to her children / by a lady long resident in New South Wales.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Originally attributed to Lady Bremer, wife of Sir James John Gordon Bremer, in J.A. Ferguson's Bibliography of Australia. More recently attibuted to Charlotte Barton in Marcie Muir's Charlotte Barton : Australia's first children's author (Sydney : Wentworth Books, 1980).
The first childrens's book published in Australia, cf. Ferguson.
Mitchell Library copy at C998/A: Bound in morocco. An original drawing by the author?, of Joseph Forbes (Timor Joe) inserted as frontispiece. Inscriptions in copy at C998/B read: Given to H. C. Allport by the authoress ... Mrs. Allport....
Citation / References Note
Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 3158.
Muir, M. A bibliography of Australian children's books, 559
Additional physical form availability note
Also available in an electronic version via the Internet.
Online at the State Library of NSW.
Contextual Information
Other version (online)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
84/506 , C 998/B , C 998/A , MRB/A828/8 , MRB/A828/8A
Record Identifier
74Vvgkq2Q50X
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvgkq2Q50X
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MMS ID
991012366519702626
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