Town Life in Australia - 1883 by R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny
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A WALK ROUND MELBOURNE
SYDNEY ADELAIDE HOUSES FURNITURE SERVANTS FOOD DRESS YOUNG AUSTRALIA SOCIAL RELATIONS RELIGION AND MORALS EDUCATION POLITICS BUSINESS SHOPS AMUSEMENTS NEWSPAPERS LITERATURE, LANGUAGE, AND ART A WALK ROUND MELBOURNE. Although most educated people know that Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide are populous towns, I should doubt whether one Englishman, who has not been to Australia, out of a hundred _realizes_ that fact. I well remember that, although I had taken some trouble to read up information about Melbourne, I was never more thoroughly surprised than during the first few hours after my arrival there. And I hear almost everyone who comes |
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