Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria by William WESTGARTH (1815 - 1889) Genre(s): Memoirs, Modern (19th C) Read by: Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Verse - An Introductory Medley 00:12:19 - 02 - Mr Froude's 'Oceana' - My First Night Ashore 00:25:27 - 03 - Indigenous Features Around Melbourne - Early Civilizing Difficulties 00:34:47 - 04 - 'The Beach' (Now Port Melbourne) - Early Melbourne, It's Up's and Down--1840-1851 01:00:23 - 05 - The Melbourne Corporation, 1842 - The Early Squatting Times 01:25:52 - 06 - Early Western Visctoria ('Australia Felix') 01:49:35 - 07 - Some Names of Mark in the Early Years - The Henty Family, and the Foundation of Victoria 02:06:33 - 08 - Some Interjecta in re Batman, Pioneer of the Port Phillip Settlement - John Pascoe Fawkner, Father of Melbourne 02:34:14 - 09 - James Simpson, First Magistrate of 'The Settlement' - Sir John O'Shanassy 02:59:00 - 10 - William Kerr, Founder of the Argus - Charles Hotson Ebden, Esquire 03:29:59 - 11 - Edward Wilson, Chief Proprietor of 'The Argus', 'The Times' of the South 03:50:39 - 12 - Early Society: Ways, Means and Manners - 'Government House' 04:07:04 - 13 - Cheap Living - The German Prince 04:30:39 - 14 - Black Thursday - Mount Alexander and Bendigo 05:03:23 - 15 - Early Victorian Legislation 05:20:15 - 16 - Postcript - Melbourne in 1888 05:57:49 - 17 - Albury - Brisbane Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at Leith and Edinburgh, and at Dr Bruce's school at Newcastle-on-Tyne. He then entered the office of G. Young and Company of Leith, who were engaged in the Australian trade, and realizing the possibilities of the new land, decided to emigrate to Australia. He arrived in Melbourne, then a town of three or four thousand inhabitants, in December 1840.When the new colony was constituted Westgarth headed the poll for Melbourne at the election for the legislative council. He had had many activities during the previous 10 years.He revisited Australia in 1888 and was everywhere welcomed. When the Melbourne international exhibition was opened he walked in the procession through the avenue of nations alongside Mr Francis Henty, then the sole survivor of the brotherhood who founded Victoria. As a result of his visit two volumes appeared Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria, in 1888, andHalf a Century of Australasian Progress, in 1889. Returning to Great Britain Westgarth died suddenly at Edinburgh on 28 October 1889. He married in 1853 and left a widow and two daughters. More information: http://librivox.org/recollections-of-early-melbourne-and-victoria-by-william-westgarth/

Dix mille lieues sans le vouloir by Jules Lermina (1839 - 1915) Genre(s): General Fiction Read by: Ezwa in French Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - De Paris à... ? 00:27:19 - 02 - Dans la nuit 00:44:06 - 03 - Il y a des juges à... Leipzig 01:00:05 - 04 - Sous l'œil de l'empereur 01:48:56 - 05 - L'Autorité ne se trompe jamais 02:02:09 - 06 - Vive la Pologne ! 02:34:29 - 07 - Dans la bagarre 03:03:01 - 08 - Sous la terre ! 03:41:59 - 09 - Cinq mille lieues ! 04:01:28 - 10 - Justice ! More information: https://librivox.org/dix-mille-lieues-sans-le-vouloir-by-jules-lermina/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)