On the cover this month
Nagasaki Musmee 1866
In: Travels in China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
album; 46 x 35.4 em
Pictures Collection
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In
the nineteenth century, only wealthy and leisured westerners could
travel. Those who could afford this luxury usually went on a grand tour
of Europe, with few travelling to China and Japan. Some who were lucky
enough to reach these areas have left rare and fascinating journals and
albums where we can see, through their eyes, the world ot the 'Far
East' at that time. (See story, p. 3.)
July 2003 Volume XIII Number 10
FOR THE LOVE OF TRAVEL: CHINA AND JAPAN THROUGH THE EYES OF A NINETEENTH-CENTURY SCOT
Judy Cannon gains an insight into life in nineteenth-century Asia through the writings of George Robertson Nicoll
JOHNNY DEVLIN: RECOLLECTIONS OF A ROCK ICON
Barry York describes his oral history interview with singer Johnny Devlin, whose pre-eminent place in Australia’s postwar popular cultural history made him an ideal subject for the Library’s Oral History and Folklore Collection
CHARLES HARPUR: FIRST POET AND PHILOSOPHER OF COLONIAL AUSTRALIA
Tim Cornell reveals how the poetry of Charles Harpur is finally receiving the acclaim it deserves
THIS UTOPIAN LAND OF THE PACIFIC: A GLIMPSE INTO THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA'S CANADIANA COLLECTION
Amanda Laugesen describes how the nineteenth-century print culture of the Pacific Northwest helped to shape new nations
TELLING TRAVELLERS' TALES
Ann Nugent reports on the National Library’s two-day conference, Travellers' Tales: Writing about Journeys, Journeys through Writing, which was held in April
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