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BRADDON, Edward.

Three articles: 'Edward Braddon's impressions of Launceston and the North-West, 1878'; 'A Home in the Colonies. Edward Braddon's letters to India from North-West Tasmania, 1878'; and 'Braddon in India'.

THRA Papers & Proceedings Hobart In Vol. 15/2, 26/3 & 27/4 respectively. The first article by Decie Denholm, the second edited by Scott Bennett, the last by Bennett. In the original wrappers. ISBN ***Braddon (later Sir Edward), settled in north-west Tasmania in the late 1870s after a career in India. He was soon active in public affairs, serving in the Tasmanian Parliament and becoming Premier in 1894, and became a leading figure in the Federation of the Australian colonies and the early Commonwealth. The letters which comprise the second article were written soon after his arrival in Tasmania, as a series of articles for the 'Calcutta Statesman and Friend of India'.

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