Colonial tourism in Victoria, Australia, in the 1840s: George augustus Robinson as a nascent tourist

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 561-573

  Clark, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nascent tourism; New world; Panoramic; Picturesque; Tourism history; Tourist gaze

Indexed keywords

LANDHOLDING; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77956945865     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.775     Document Type: Article

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