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Theodor Muller arrived from Switzerland into Sydney in December, 1857. For the next nineteen years, he roamed through outback Australia, mostly on foot, travelling as far north as Brisbane, west to Mudgee, and south to Gundagai. He was a backpacking tourist long before any conveniences for such existed.Upon his return to Switzerland, Muller wrote a memoir of his memorable time in Australia, entitled Neunzehn Jahre in Australian. The current edition has been translated into English, and expanded with maps, illustrations, and historical annotations.The Swiss Swagman is a vivid and engaging exploration of Australia's historical outback, a land of swagmen, bushrangers, settlers and unusual wildlife, from the point of view of a curious, intrepid and observant stranger.A wonderful book for historians, anyone with a love of Australiana or those curious about backpacking in the 1800s.

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Theodor Muller spent nineteen years in Australia in the late nineteenth century, and lived to write about it. Frank Pammer translated his memoirs, and brought them to the attention of Maurie Garland and John Ramsland, local history enthusiasts of regional NSW. Garland and Ramsland have previously published their respective historical and sociological titles, The Trials of Isabella Mary Kelly and Remembering Aboriginal Heroes through Brolga Publishing. They collaborated to review and edit this new edition.

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