'Australasia', a narrative poem by an unknown author, 1823?
'Australasia', a narrative poem by an unknown author, 1823?
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Author / Creator
Date
1823?
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7486
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Physical Description
Contents
1 folder - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
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Issue Copy
Microfilm : MLMSS 7486)
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A manuscript fair copy of a narrative poem of 314 lines on 12 quarto pages, unsigned and undated. The poem describes the discovery and progress of Australia and New Zealand.
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Full title
'Australasia', a narrative poem by an unknown author, 1823?
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The poem has the same title and theme as that of two published poems: Winthrop Mackworth Praed, 'Australasia : a poem which obtained the Chancellor's Medal at the Cambridge Commencement, July 1823' (pub. Cambridge, 1823); and William Charles Wentworth, 'Australasia : a poem written for the Chancellor's Medal at the Cambridge Commencement, July 1823...
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from The Grisly Wife Bookshop in 2004
Administrative / Biographical history
The author is unknown, but is possibly a member of the Ryland, Daly, Gore and Wynyard families. The poem was included in an auction in Montreal of the papers of the Ryland family which included papers of other related families. Both Sir Dominick Daly and H.W. Ryland were highly placed in the civil service of Quebec. Daly was a son-in-law of the in...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7486
Record Identifier
9AL4eRkY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9AL4eRkY
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Reference code
442572
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