John Dunmore Lang Chiefly Autobiographical 1799-1878; Cleric Writer Traveller Statesman Pioneer of Democracy in Australia An assembling of contemporary documents compiled and edited by Archibald Gilchrist
Melbourne: Jedgarm Publications, 1951. First Edition. In two volumes, hardcover : xviii, 365; [iv] 366a - 768 : mimeographed text : brown cloth lettered in gilt to the spines : note to subscriber tipped into volume 1 : both copies signed by Gilchrist : No 87/300. Cloth has been rubbed and abraded in patches; foxing to the edges of the block and staining to top of volume one; occasional foxing to interior. Item #15928
John Dunmore Lang (25 August 1799 – 8 August 1878) was a Scottish-born Australian Presbyterian minister, writer, historian, politician and activist. He was the first prominent advocate of an independent Australian nation and of Australian republicanism.
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