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  • An Australian in China

    by G. E. Morrison ...
    MAINLY ABOUT MISSIONARIES AND THE CITY OK HANKOW. In the first week of February, 1894, I returned to Shanghai from Japan. It was my intention to go up the Yangtse River as far as Chungking, and then, dressed as a Chinese, to cross quietly over Western China, the Chinese Shan States, and Kachin Hills to the frontier of Burma. The ensuing narrative will tell how easily and pleasantly this journey, ... Read more

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  • The Long Walk

    Queenscliff to Adelaide

    by G.E. Morrison ...
    George Morrison is perhaps best-known as an intrepid Australian journalist during the Boxer Rebellion, and for his walk across China., Well before this, at aged 17, he started what he called his Long Walk - over 1200 kilometres from Queenscliff in Victoria to Adelaide from late December to the end of February. Morrison wrote a candid diary of his meeting with settlers and the difficulties he found ... Read more

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  • An Australian in China

    by G. E. Morrison ...
    George Ernest "Chinese" Morrison (4 February 1862 – 30 May 1920) was an Australian journalist, political adviser to and representative of the government of the Republic of China during the First World War and owner of the then largest Asiatic library ever assembled. ... Read more

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  • An Australian in China

    Enriched edition. A Journey Through China's History and Culture: An Australian's Captivating Travel Memoir

    by G.E. Morrison, Levi Andrews ...
    In "An Australian in China," G.E. Morrison vividly chronicles his experiences as a journalist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, offering a richly detailed narrative that explores the social, political, and cultural landscapes of China during a transformative era. Morrison's literary style blends personal anecdotes with keen observations, striking a balance between the subjective and the ... Read more

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    by Madelina Forbes Mitchell ...
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  • The Book of the Bush, containing many truthful sketches of the early colonial life of squatters, whalers, convicts, diggers, and others who left their native land and never returned

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  • The Book of the Bush

    by George Dunderdale ...
    The Book of the Bush written by George Dunderdale in 1898 consists of sketches of the early colonial life in Australia of squatters, whalers, convicts, diggers, and others who left their native land and never returned.George Dunderdale (1822-1903), born Lancashire, England, worked as a school-teacher in the USA before joining the gold rush to Australia in 1853. He was later a clerk of courts and a ... Read more

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