Sketches of Australian Life and Scenery Complete in 12 Plates - Plate Eight: Christmas on the Diggings or the Unwelcome Visitor Who Came Uninvited


Sketches of Australian Life and Scenery Complete in 12 Plates

Plate Eight: Christmas on the Diggings or the Unwelcome Visitor Who Came Uninvited

Caption: Christmas at the Antipodes is generally the hottest time in the year.  It causes a peculiar feel to new Arrivals, having all the associations of the Old Country fresh in their mind's eye, to find instead of frosty weather, a climate with the Thermometer up to 90 degrees in the shade, and venemous (sic) snakes seeking your hospitality with perfect nonchalance, especially in the Bush.

Artist: Loosely based on drawings by S.T. Gill, including some plates from The Australian sketchbook. 

Provenance: Sketches of Australian Life and Scenery Complete in 12 Plates
Contributor: Paul Jerrard & Son
Contributor: Messrs. Newbold & Co.
Date of Publication: ca. 1865
Published by: Paul Jerrard & Son for the proprietors Messrs. Newbold & Co.
Place of Publishing: London (170 Fleet Street)
Copyright status: This work is out of copyright
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