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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
2-Dec-2018
Lot No.
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Description:
The Illustrated Melbourne Post, February 1864 to December 1868 various editions in a bound volume containing No.59 (features a full-page 'View in Castlemaine Market Square', No.63 (View of Hobart Town), No.76 (The Departure of the Leichhardt Search Expedition by Calvert), No.70 (Grand Volunteer Review on the Melbourne Racecourse (by Calvert), No.71 (The Confederate War Steamer Shenandoah in Hobson's Bay), No.73 (The Governor's Visit to Ballaarat), No.74 (Railway accident on the Port Line, South Australia), No.78 (The New Railway Works, near Prince's Bridge), No.80 (The Dog Show at the Exhibition Building), No.82, No.83, No.86 (Maori Women Fishing for Mussels), No.87, No.88 (Football in the Richmond Paddock), No.89 (The Works at the Intercolonial Exhibition Building, Melbourne), No.90, No.91 (Capture of Burke, the Bushranger), No.93, No.95, No.96, No.98, No.99, No.100, No.101, No.102, No.103, No.105, No.106, No.107, No.108, No.109, No.111, No.112, No.113, No.114, No.115 & No.117. (37 complete editions). Although in mixed condition, appears to be a more extensive collection of this rare newspaper than any held in public libraries or other institutional collections)., Published monthly by Charles Frederick Somerton, between 1862 and 1868 (117 editions).
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Category:
Printed & Written Material: Newspapers