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THE nature of this handsome volume may be learned from the fact that it has been prepared to accompany the specimens of South Australian products and industries sent to the Philadelphia Exhibition. It contains a vast amount of the most useful information on nearly all matters connected with the colony, gives an excellent idea of its present condition, and is likely to be of great use to intending settlers. Mr. Harcus, who edits the volume, writes also one half of it, treating of the social, political, and industrial aspects of the colony. In a series of valuable appendices, Dr. Schomburgk treats of the flora of South Australia, Mr. Waterhouse of its fauna, Mr. J. B. Austen of mines and minerals, while Mr. Josiah Boothby contributes a statistical sketch of the colony, and Mr. Charles Todd treats of its observatory and meteorology. There are two very useful maps, while the illustrations are nearly all good and interesting.
South Australia: its History, Resources, and Productions.
William
Harcus
Edited by. Illustrated with photographs taken in the Colony. Published by authority of the Government of South Australia. (London: Sampson Low and Co., 1876.)
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South Australia: its History, Resources, and Productions. Nature 14, 90 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/014090b0
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