Impressions of Australia Felix, During Four Years Residence in that Colony: Notes of a Voyage Round the World; Australian Poems, &c |
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| Title | Impressions of Australia Felix, During Four Years Residence in that Colony: Notes of a Voyage Round the World; Australian Poems, &c |
| Author | Richard Howitt |
| Publisher | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 1 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 362 pages |
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