SOUTH AUSTRALIA. CONTAINING HINTS TO EMIGRANTS; PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY; A VARIETY OF USEFUL AND AUTHENTIC INFORMATION; A MAP OF THE EASTERN COAST OF GULF ST. VINCENT AND A PLAN OF ADELAIDE.

12mo. (19 cm.) vi, 118p. Plus 4p. ads. Illustrated with a folding map of Gulf of St. Vincent with inset map of Adelaide. Various lists of persons throughout: committee to establish a Chartered Company [= South Australian Association in 1834] whose members are listed in a second list; Table of Sailing Distances from/to Port Adelaide; two lists of items emigrants should have with them, one for females, the other for males; list of victuals given to each person in steerage; list of the Chairman and Directors of The South Australian Company; a fold-out chart entitled "Statement of Ships Which have Proceeded to South Australia, With the Number of Labouring Emigrants and Persons of a Superior Class, to February, 1838"; an Appendix which contains numerous things: Commissioners appointed under the Act for Colonizing South Australia; Regulations for the Disposal of Land in the Colony; Regulations for the Sale of Land in this Country; Regulations for the Selection of Emigrant Labourers; and the like; and a lengthy section "New Colony of South Australia" containing descriptions of various things related to the new settlement, including a Schedule "Of the Occupations of the Emigrants of the Labouring Class who have sailed for South Australia, to the end of February, 1838, listed by gender; and a table designed to show the superiority of the Australian colony over the British settlements in North America, South Africa, and the East India Islands by listing the population, the exports and imports of the colony, and the like of each of the British settlements. Brown cloth over boards with letters in gilt within a gilt cartouche on the front cover. Wear to extremities with the corners just rubbed through, top and bottom of spine just beginning to fray, covers quite faded and somewhat soiled, gilt still bright, folding map and folding chart both in very good condition, previous owner's name, address and date on the rear of the frontispiece [Mr. Duncan Falconer Coupar-Angus, Perthshire N. 13 (N.B?) Scotland May 12th 1840], front hinge archivally reinforced with a piece of Japanese tissue, an occasional minor stain here and there, dampstain along bottom of folding map but not affecting the contents, title page soiled where it was not covered by the map, dampstain to the top of the last four pages but not affecting page contents, four pencil drawings on the rear free endpaper which bear the name "Willie Falconer" and appear to depict a young male in the clothing [sailor's?] of the era [Not clear whether name is that of the subject or artist, probably former.], just hints of foxing, else very good to near fine with no internal markings. Henry Capper was the emigration clerk to the Colonization Commissioners, South Australian Colonization Office in London who founded the South Australian Record ( 1837 ), a periodical published in London devoted to news from South Australia for the benefit of intending migrants and investors. Capper assembled two compendia of advice and useful information for emigrants, aimed at two distinct classes: South Australia, First edition November 1837, but greatly expanded in second edition May, 1838, and How to Get to South Australia, being information for Labouring Emigrants respecting the colony, first published in October 1839. Both books went through many editions. This is a rare piece of South Australianana. Despite obvious similarity in titles of their respective books, there appears to be no connection between Henry Capper and the Orientalist John Capper F.R.A.S., author of The Emigrant's Guide to Australia, which is mostly concerned the gold fields of New South Wales and Victoria. William Falconer (1810-1891) of Fife, Scotland. He died in 1891 at Williamstown, Victoria, Australia. Is he "Willie Falconer" of the drawings in this book.…