Sir James Martin - The Australian Sketch Book, 1838

MLMSS 6547 (Safe 1/182)

fonds

1838

153604

Microfilm : Issue CY 3925

0.04 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript

Sir James Martin, 1820-1886 was a journalist, politician and finally Chief Justice of New South Wales. He was born in Ireland and arrived in Sydney as a 17 months old infant. He was educated in the colony. In 1838, at the age of eighteen, he published in Sydney a book of essays, The Australian Sketch Book, the first book of essays to be published in Australia.

This manuscript appears to be the copy given by Martin to the compositor. It is probably the only draft and includes numerous corrections and additions, all of which were incorporated in the published version.

This collection was listed as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.