ClYDE COMPANY PAPERS: 1821-1873 by P.L. Brown 7 Volumes (Second Hand Book)

Second Hand Book

• v. 1. Prologue, 1821-35: This book presents the Van Diemen’s’ Land from which Major Mitchell’s ‘Australia Felix’ was entered, and touches the early fortunes for the Clyde Company’s two original colonial partners. It is not concerned greatly with politics, nor with the turbulent rise of Hobart Town and Launceston; but rather, chiefly through family papers preserved by the Reids of Ratho, it shows the development of a bush community and reveals the lves and thoughts of a group of up-country settlers, As background for the main story of the Clyde Company, it is essential.
• v. 2. 1836-40: After an interval caused by war, publication of Clyde Company Papers is continued with this book. v. 1. Prologue, 1821-35, followed the autobiographical Narrative of the Clyde Company’s manager, George Russell, of Golf Hill, near Geelong. His company , backed by the Dennistouns of Golfhill, Glasgow, was a Scottish- Tasmanian syndicate formed to use the resources of the empty Port Phillip district of New South Wales, and it was the only pastoral syndicate that proved successful there. It ceased business in 1858, but was not dissolved until 1873. Takes the story from the founding of the Clyde Company to the eve of the great depression of the early 1840s, when many pioneers were ruined; a period cut off by disaster from the remainder of the recognized ‘squatting age’.
• v. 3. 1841-45: ‘Number of the young gentlemen who came to this colony about that time. with a few hundred pounds, took up runs with 300,400, 500 sheep, clubbed together, and expected to make fortunes in a few years, from the way they spoke, and the way in which they managed their sheep farms, few of them knew anything of mechanics, and they were totally unable to make comfort for themselves or their servants… the three eventful years, which will long be remembered in this colony, of 1841-2-3, swept off most of these young gentlemen with their herds and all…” Letters from Victorian Pioneers. In this third Volume of Clyde Company Papers. The manuscripts that compose most of it are contemporary and have been faithfully transcribed.
• v. 4. 1846-50: ‘ I always think that the years intervening between 1846 and the diggings – that is, the discovery of gold at the Turon, in New South Wales, In 1850, and at Ballarat in 1851 -were the happiest of the pastoral period. There was a good and improving market for all kinds of stock. Labour, though not over-plentiful, was sufficient for the work necessary to be done. The pastures were to a great extent understocked, so that there were reserves of grass which enabled the squatter to content successfully with the occasional dry seasons. There was inducement to moderate enterprise, without allurement to speculation. The settlement of the country was progressing steadily. Agricultural and pastoral occupation moved onward in lines parallel to one another. There was no jostling or antagonism… The agricultural area was enlarged when needed. To this no squatter objected, nor, to my knowledge, was such land purchased by other than bona fide farmers. I cannot call to mind any feud or litigation between squatter and farmer having its inception in the land question.
• v. 5. 1851-53: Whereas Volumes II to IV each cover half a decade, this fifth in a series that ranges from Scotland to Tasmania is forced into narrower limits (1851-53) by the stimulus of the Victorian gold discoveries. New aims and practices, some destined to obscure earlier trends and achievements, were introduced by diggers and other immigrants who during this period tripled the population. How the great pastoral industry withstood the first dislocating shock is shown in these copies of further original manuscripts.
• v. 6. 1854-58:Consolidation-dissolution,’ here is the raw material of history, enabling the reader to reconstruct for himself life as it was.’ Ian Wynd, Geelong Advertiser. ‘Here is a richness of historical detail, a notable addition to an invaluable series of books.’
• v. 7. Epilogue, 1859-73.

Specifications:

Condition: Good. Slightly yellowed pages, cover in good condition.

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Year: 1821-1873

Format: Hardcover

Pages:

• v. 1. 240; v. 2. 482; v. 3. 669; v. 4. 619; v. 5. 644; v. 6. 662; v. 7 567

ISBN: 0197116361

$200.00

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