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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial History
• Sale Date:
  28 Jun 2016
• Lot #:
  278
• Lot Description:
  “The Seat of the War in the East by William Simpson.” Dedicated by Permission to Her Most
  Gracious Magesty The Queen. First Series. [Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., London, 1855] comprising 40 full page lithographic “sketches”; bound together in one volume with the Second Series [1856] comprising a further 41 lithographic full page illustrations. Red leather spine with gold titles and raised bands; gilt title to front cover.
• Notes:
  The Crimean War, in which only a handful of Australians participated, left its impact on all layers of the colonial population, which gave England its moral and material support. The war strongly influenced the formation of the Russian image in Australian minds. Never before had Australian newspapers written so much about Russia, and never before had Russian Czarism been condemned by such a mass of people during populous meetings. The war had also left a visible legacy – the map of Australia is still decorated by the names of battles and towns which appeared here during military actions which had taken place at the other end of the Earth. During the Crimean War, Australia was literally flooded by these names, as new suburbs were developed, new gold mines opened and new streets built. There are the towns of Alma and Balaklava in South Australia, Sebastopol – in NSW, an Alma lake in South Australia. Queensland is also rich in Crimean names: there are at least eight towns, rivers and mountains named Alma there. There are also Inkerman, Balaklava, and the Malakhoff Range. Crimean names are abundant among the streets of Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and other cities. For example, the Eastern part of St Kilda in Melbourne is crossed by three major arteries – Balaklava, Inkerman and Alma, and between them there are Odessa, Crimea, two more Almas, Sebastopol, Malakhoff streets and the Alma park. In the adjacent suburb of Caulfield there are Sebastopol, Malakhoff and Crimea streets.
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 4,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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