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Alexander Harris

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Alexander Harris (born Feb. 7, 1805, London—died Feb. 1, 1874, Copetown, Ont., Can.) was an English author whose Settlers and Convicts; or, Recollections of Sixteen Years’ Labour in the Australian Backwoods (1847) is an outstanding fictional account of life in Australia. Harris was well educated by his clergyman father in London, and at age 21 he shipped out for Australia. He soon headed for the back country and for some time lived a very strenuous...

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