P. Just

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Sketcher, author and merchant, was in Victoria from 1851 to 1857. He wrote 'Australia: or, Notes taken During a Residence in the Colonies from the Gold Discovery in 1851 till 1857' and its chromolithographed frontispiece was based on one of his sketches.
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sketcher, author and merchant, was a merchant in Victoria from 1851 to 1857. On board ship returning to Scotland he wrote Australia: or, Notes taken During a Residence in the Colonies from the Gold Discovery in 1851 till 1857 (Dundee, 1859). The chromolithographed frontispiece, Falls of the Yarra Yarra Melbourne , showing Dight’s Mill, is after one of his sketches. In the colony Just published a pamphlet promoting colonial art. After his return, he promoted Scottish emigration to Victoria.

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Date written:
1992
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2011

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References [<ExternalResource: (1991), 'Frontiers: Experience on the Australian Frontiers 1788-1950', Hordern House catalogue, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Just, P. (1859), 'Australia: or, Notes taken During a Residence in the Colonies from the Gold Discovery in 1851 till 1857', Dundee, Scotland.>]