From Hamburg To Hobsons Bay: German Emigration To Port Phillip (Australia Felix) 1848-51 (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the mid-nineteenth century, thousands of German emigrants made the gruelling sea voyage from Hamburg to the distant shores of Port Phillip — a journey that would reshape both their own lives and the cultural fabric of colonial Australia. From Hamburg to Hobsons Bay: German Emigration to Port Phillip (Australia Felix) 1848–51 chronicles this remarkable chapter of Australian immigration history, meticulously documenting the waves of German settlers who arrived during one of the most turbulent periods in European and Australian history, from the revolutionary upheavals of 1848 to the dawn of the gold rush era. Drawing on extensive archival research, Darragh and Wuchatsch present a richly detailed account of passenger lists, emigration records, and personal histories that bring individual stories of courage and displacement to vivid life. The work stands as an indispensable reference for historians and genealogists alike, illuminating the often-overlooked German contribution to early Victorian society with scholarly rigour and meticulous precision. Notably, the copy bears the authors' own signatures and is dated 12 April 1999 — leaving one to wonder just whose hands this remarkable piece of signed history has passed through.
Author: Thomas A. Darragh And Robert N. Wuchatsch
Format: Hardback
Published: 1999, Migration Heritage Society Australia (published by the authors in association with the Migration Heritage Society, Australia)
Genre: Australian history
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the mid-nineteenth century, thousands of German emigrants made the gruelling sea voyage from Hamburg to the distant shores of Port Phillip — a journey that would reshape both their own lives and the cultural fabric of colonial Australia. From Hamburg to Hobsons Bay: German Emigration to Port Phillip (Australia Felix) 1848–51 chronicles this remarkable chapter of Australian immigration history, meticulously documenting the waves of German settlers who arrived during one of the most turbulent periods in European and Australian history, from the revolutionary upheavals of 1848 to the dawn of the gold rush era. Drawing on extensive archival research, Darragh and Wuchatsch present a richly detailed account of passenger lists, emigration records, and personal histories that bring individual stories of courage and displacement to vivid life. The work stands as an indispensable reference for historians and genealogists alike, illuminating the often-overlooked German contribution to early Victorian society with scholarly rigour and meticulous precision. Notably, the copy bears the authors' own signatures and is dated 12 April 1999 — leaving one to wonder just whose hands this remarkable piece of signed history has passed through.