Abstract

Subject	Authors, Italian
	French
	Settler colonialism
Category	1. Settlement
Author	Francesco Sceusa
Publisher	H.R. Woods
Place Of Publication	Sydney
Keywords	early settlement
Creator	Comitato Italiano di Soccorso (Australia)
Current Holder	State Library of New South Wales
Date	1881-01-01
Item Number	998.4/S
Access Rights	Request at location
Country Of Origin	Australia
Language	Italian
Description From Source	54 p. ; 22 cm. Mitchell Library copy at DSM/ 889.4/ S has David Scott Mitchell bookplate, and is inscribed ‘To the editor of the S.M.Herald, the Author’ Mitchell Library volume at DSM/ 042/ P269 signed, ‘D.S. Mitchell’ on handwritten contents list; volume has bookbinder’s label: “W. Christie”; item has: “Sir Alfred Stephens Chief Justice. The Author” written above title; item bound with other unsigned items; volume has “A.S.” bookplate on front cover. “Pubblicata per mandato del Comitato Italiano di Soccorso, ecc.” Sceusa’s work La spedizione del Marchese di Rays e le sue vittime was also published in instalments in Giornale illustrato dei viaggi e delle avventure di terra e di mare, starting from No.212 of the 21st September 1882. The previous issue announced its publication as follow: “Col prossimo numero cominceremo la pubblicazione dell’importante scritto di Francesco Sceusa intorno alla Spedizione del marchese di Rays che smaschera molti inganni e rivela molti dolori dell’emigrazione” (Giornale illustrato dei viaggi e delle avventure di terra e di mare, No.211, 14th September 1882, p.10)
Physical Format	Books
Bibliographic Citation	Gianfranco Cresciani, “Kookaburra e Kultur: Francesco Sceusa tra miti e realtà australiani”, in Italia-Australia, 1788-1988. Atti del Convegno di Studio, Rome, Castel S. Angelo, 23-27 maggio 1991, pp. 261-275. Rosemary Harrigan, They were expeditioners: the chronicle of Northern Italian farmers – pioneer settlers of New Italy with documentation of the Marquis de Rays’ four expeditions to New Ireland between 1879 and 1881 (Werribee, Vic. : Rosemary Harrigan, 2006.) Josephine Hyacinthe, The phantom paradise: the story of the expedition of the Marquis de Rays (London : Angus & Robertson, 1980).
Image	Giornale Illustrato dei Viaggi

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