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BACON'S AUSTRALIAN ELEMENTARY ATLAS (SCHOOL USE)

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c. 1899

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Green linen over card cover, with black lettering and design. World Globe on front cover and each corner has circle with Europe, Asia, Africa, America written in each. (Untearable Manilla cover). Atlas containing 78 coloured maps and insets. 17 pages, contents page, index gazetteer, & Alphabetical List of Countries. Inside front end paper is written' Annie Perkins' and on first blank page ' Louisa Perkins'.

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cwa-org-51-B2010.7

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BACON, G.W. (F.R.G.S.)

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School book belonged to Perkins Family. Association with Albany Methodist (Wesleyan) Church

Albany Historical Society Inc

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