Typescript volume [manuscript]. 1918.

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Typescript volume [manuscript]. 1918.

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A history of New Australia, Paraguay, 1889-1904 which covers the events leading up to the establishment of the New Australia Co-operative Settlement Association, the transportation of the pioneers of Paraguay, and the establishment and ultimate collapse of the scheme. The account includes explanatory notes, and two letters to J. A. Ferguson (1918) by Col. James Molesworth's son.

1 v. (399 leaves).

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Ferguson, John Alexander, 1881-1969

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Epithet: Reverend novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x00011e Judge, N.S.W. Industrial Commission, 1936-1953. Trustee, Library of New South Wales; Fellow and president of Royal Australian Historical Society; and compiler of Bibliography of Australia. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. [19--] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225823641 ...

New Australia Co-operative Settlement Association

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New Australia was a settlement, founded by Australians in Paraquay in 1893, designed to be a socialist utopia. It had its origins in the New Australia Co-operative Settlement Association founded by William Lane in 1892. From the description of Records, [189-?] [manuscript]. [189-?] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 762864760 ...

Molesworth, James, b.1857.

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James Molesworth of Flemington, was amongst the pioneers who sailed with the "Royal Tar" and lived with the New Australia settlement in Paraguay, until seceding with 79 others. He lived at the Gonzales settlement for eight months, and returned to Australia in 1895. From the description of New Australia, a complete account of events leading up to the establishment of the New Australia Co-operative Settlement Association, the transportation of the "pioneers" of Paraguay, and the life a...