PDF Book Draper In Australia.

PDF Book Draper In Australia.

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I and my companions caught the “gold fever,” then so prevalent not only in Australia, but also in our native land. Thousands in London were afflicted with this disease, and few could obtain a certain cure without going to the gold fields in search of it. Nothing has changed hey!

PREFACE.

THE Author of the following pages is fully aware
that numerous works on our Australian Colonies, from
far abler pens than his, have appeared within the
last few years. Some of them have been of an elaborate
and expensive character ; while others have been
put forth by individuals who, without having left
their native isle, yet undertook to counsel and direct
the steps of multitudes of their fellow countrymen
going forth in search of more remunerative employment.
Such guides, as I can testify from my own experience,
often proved fallacious and dangerous to the newly arrived
immigrant. I have endeavoured to avoid the
errors into which many of my literary predecessors have
fallen, and to correct many of the mistakes from which
numerous emigrants have seriously suffered. My
simple ambition has been to present to the reader, in
a plain and homely style, a faithful record of my own
life, adventures, experiences, and observations, during
a period of about three years, which were spent under
circumstances the most favourable to the acquisition of
a general knowledge of the condition, nature, and
requirements of the country. My time having been
about equally divided between the rising towns and
cities, the gold-fields, and the bush lands of Victoria and
New South "Wales, I feel myself competent, in some
measure, to express a well-considered and impartial
opinion upon the occupations which it would be most
advantageous for intending emigrants, possessed of the
requisite qualifications, to turn their attention to.
The narrative of my own adventures and labours will,
accordingly, be interspersed with hints, warnings,
and suggestions, which may be found instructive and
useful.
Besides that portion of the work which relates more
especially to myself and my movements, I have
appended a concise description of all the principal
features, phenomena, and productions of the two chief
colonies ; together with the prices of provisions, etc.,
and the rate of wages, according to the most recent
intelligence from Melbourne and Sydney.
As my simple and unpretending aim has been to
relate my own experience, such as it was, for the
benefit of others, I trust due indulgence will be shown
to the numerous defects which the critic will not fail
to detect in the composition of the volume.

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