Letters From Victorian Pioneers - Being A Series Of Letters On The Early Occupation Of The Colony, The Aborigines etc
By Thomas Francis Bride
Published by Heinemann: Melbourne 1969
A Nice, Clean Copy With Dustjacket In Very Good Condition Overall
"Letters From Victorian Pioneers is one of the most important primary source collections relating to the early settlement of Victoria. Originally compiled by Thomas Francis Bride, former Librarian of the Public Library of Victoria, the work gathers together firsthand letters written by some of the colony's earliest European settlers and explorers. Addressed to Charles Joseph La Trobe, Victoria's first Lieutenant-Governor, these accounts provide vivid descriptions of frontier life, early pastoral settlement, exploration, hardships, and interactions with Aboriginal peoples during the formative years of the colony.
Unlike many later historical works, this volume allows the pioneers to speak in their own words. The letters offer fascinating insights into daily life in nineteenth-century Victoria, describing everything from establishing remote stations and travelling through largely unmapped country to encounters with Indigenous communities and the challenges of surviving in a rapidly changing colonial landscape. Rich in personal observation and historical detail, the book remains an indispensable resource for historians, genealogists, researchers and collectors of Australian history.
This 1969 Heinemann edition was carefully edited by C. E. Sayers and incorporates extensive research based on original manuscripts preserved in the collections of the State Library of Victoria. Long regarded as a classic work of Victorian history, Letters From Victorian Pioneers preserves some of the most authentic and revealing eyewitness accounts of the colony's earliest decades. A highly desirable volume for collectors of Australiana, offering an engaging and invaluable window into the people, landscapes and events that helped shape the State of Victoria."
