{"product_id":"strangers-in-a-foreign-land-paperback-1","title":"Strangers in a Foreign Land - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaggie Mackellar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrawing on the extensive collections of the State Library of Victoria, \u003cem\u003eStrangers in a Foreign Land\u003c\/em\u003e provides rare insight into the realities of early settlement in Victoria.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Niel Black, one of the most influential settlers of the Western District of Victoria, stepped onto the sand at Port Phillip Bay in 1839 and declared Melbourne to be 'almost altogether a Scotch settlement', he was paying the newly created outpost of the British Empire his highest compliment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis journal, reproduced here in its entirety, provides rare insight into the realities of early settlement in Victoria, detailing experiences of personal hardship and physical danger as well as the potential for accumulating great wealth and success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the extensive collections of the State Library of Victoria, \u003cem\u003eStrangers in a Foreign Land\u003c\/em\u003e also includes glimpses into the lives of other settlers and the indigenous people of the area. It evokes the sense of place and dislocation that the early settlers encountered, and the hopes and anxieties they carried with them as they created new homes in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 322\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48428990726393,"sku":"9780522855128","price":34.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/PwHWLJelZM9780522855128_809f81fb-27f4-413c-9c1b-a24c520075fc.webp?v=1779432780","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/strangers-in-a-foreign-land-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}