AN 1828 PORTRAIT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

New South Wales : Society, Settlement, and the Prospects for Immigrants & convicts. An article printed in 1828, written by Horace Twiss. 32 pages.

London: Quarterly Review, John Murray, 1828. Booklet - Unbound Pages. Very Good Condition. Item #375172

32 pages. Horace Twiss surveys New South Wales at a moment when the colony was shifting from a penal outpost to a society with genuine prospects for free settlers. Drawing heavily on P. Cunningham’s observations, he highlights the credibility of a writer who had transported hundreds of convicts without a single loss of life and spent two years travelling widely through the colony. Twiss describes a social landscape where emancipated convicts, officials, settlers, and Aboriginal people intersected in complex ways, yet where industrious immigrants could find real opportunity in agriculture, wool-growing, and trade. The article contrasts the roughness of penal settlements with the growing refinement of towns such as Sydney and Bathurst, noting the colony’s natural advantages, expanding pastoral wealth, and improving civil institutions. The tone is cautiously optimistic: New South Wales is presented as a place where hardship and promise coexist, but where a capable emigrant might thrive. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 26 cms. Category: Quarterly Review; Special Interest.

Keywords: BZDB395 Quarterly Review; Special Interest. Unbranded AN 1828 PORTRAIT OF NEW SOUTH WALES New South Wales : Society, Settlement, and the Prospects for Immigrants & convicts. An article printed in 1828, written by Horace Twiss. 32 pages.

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