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came to
Victoria and went into politics Wilson sent him a list of suggested reforms which included justice to the Aborigines, the organizing of agriculture as a department of the state, the introduction of the ballot into municipal elections, and the leasing of crown lands for cultivation with the
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In 1857 and 1858, he travelled throughout colonial
Australia and New Zealand, and on to England â where he consulted experts in relation to his failing eyesight (due to cataracts) â via the so-called "Overland Route"; and, whilst doing so wrote an extended series of 21 articles for
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newspaper. The articles, which were published on a regular basis (often three articles in a single week), were later collected together and published in their aggregate (with an additional statistical appendix, and 12 lithographs by
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Rambles at the
Antipodes: A Series of Sketches of Moreton Bay, New Zealand, the Murray River and South Australia, and the Overland Route: With two Maps and twelve Tinted Lithographs, illustrative of Australian Life, by S.T.
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The bulk of his estate was used to form the Edward Wilson Trust which since his death has distributed several million dollars to
Victorian charities, in particular the Melbourne, Alfred and Children's hospitals in Victoria.
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With (Wilson, 1857a,b,c) forming the first chapter, (Wilson, 1857d,e,f,g,h,i) the second chapter, (Wilson, 1858a,b.c,d,e) the third chapter, and (Wilson, 1858f,g,h,i,j.k) the fourth and last chapter.
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Having left school, with his parents wanting him to "engage in commerce", he entered a business house at
Manchester, and subsequently went to London, involved in the "Manchester trade".
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right of ultimate purchase. He was the first to raise the cry "unlock the lands". He was in fact a thorough democrat in sentiment, and an ardent reformer. Costs of running the
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the paper was produced under great difficulties, but the circulation kept increasing, and it became a valuable property. Wilson strenuously opposed the influx of convicts from
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in his attitude to the miners; but when the rebellion broke out he took the stand that there were peaceable and legitimate methods of obtaining redress. When
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The second of the three children of John Wilson (1774-1834), a linen draper, and Mary Wilson (1766-1838), nÊe Jones, Edward Wilson was born at
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Australia. At first, he had a small property on the northern outskirts of Melbourne but in 1844, in partnership with
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in
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October 1858 (Wilson, 1858k).
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220:, was published as a pamphlet in 1866. Another pamphlet, on Acclimatization, was printed in 1875.
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22:(13 November 1813 â 10 January 1878) was an English-Australian journalist and philanthropist.
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Wilson, Edward (1857f), "A Trip down the Murray (No.III)",
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around 1847 from William Kerr, incorporated with it
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