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1966 Adventures On A Journey To New Holland Vintage Australian Fiction Book

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1966 Adventures On A Journey To New Holland Vintage Australian Fiction Book

Adventures On A Journey To New Holland
By Therese Huber
Published by Lansdowne Press Pty Ltd: Melbourne 1966
Reprint Of The Original 1801 Edition - With Dustjacket

" Therese Huber's Adventures on a Journey to New Holland stands as a remarkable early literary response to the European discovery and colonisation of Australia, first written in 1793, only a few years after the establishment of Sydney Cove. Drawing upon contemporary accounts of the First Fleet and the writings of figures such as Governor Phillip and Watkin Tench, Huber crafted what is widely regarded as the first novel set against an Australian backdrop. Blending Enlightenment curiosity with imaginative storytelling, the work reflects how the distant and little-understood continent of "New Holland" captured the European intellectual imagination at the close of the 18th century.

Huber herself was a significant literary figure of her time, deeply engaged in the intellectual currents of late 18th-century Europe. Influenced in part by her husband, the explorer Georg Forster, who had sailed with Captain Cook, she infused the narrative with both philosophical insight and a sense of authenticity derived from firsthand travel literature. The novel offers a compelling mix of adventure, moral reflection, and early colonial perspective, revealing as much about European attitudes and ideals as it does about the imagined realities of life in the new colony.

This 1966 Lansdowne Press edition is a carefully produced Australian reprint of the scarce 1801 original, edited with scholarly introduction and notes by Leslie Bodi and translated into English by Rodney Livingstone. Presented in its original dustjacket, the volume forms part of the publisher's "Heritage" series, aimed at bringing historically significant works of Australiana to a modern readership. It remains an important and collectible edition, appealing strongly to collectors of early Australian literature, First Fleet history, and those interested in the European literary response to the discovery of Australia. "

Light wear to dustjacket protected by a clear plastic sleeve. No inscriptions. Binding is excellent with no loose pages. Pages clean and well presented. A nice copy in very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.

Size 22cm x 15cm x 1.5cm - 128 Pages

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Condition: Very good
Binding: Cloth
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
Region: Australia, Oceania
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Facsimile
Seller Notes: Light wear to dustjacket protected by a clear plastic sleeve. No inscriptions. Binding is excellent with no loose pages. Pages clean and well presented. A nice copy in very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.
Language: English
Author: Therese Huber
Publisher: Lansdowne Press Pty Ltd: Melbourne
Year Printed: 1966
Sub-subject: Australian Fiction