title: Melbourne Village: The First Twenty Years
author:  Richard C. Crepeau 
description: Richard C. Crepeau, a sports commentator and historian, has written a new preface and bibliographical essay for this Bison Books edition. He is chair of the Department of History at the University of Central Florida.
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  # Town Life in Australia
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### R. E. N. Twopeny
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  A WALK ROUND MELBOURNE.
  
  
  SYDNEY.
  
  
  ADELAIDE.
  
  
  HOUSES.
  
  
  FURNITURE.
  
  
  SERVANTS.
  
  
  FOOD.
  
  
  DRESS.
  
  
  YOUNG AUSTRALIA.
  
  
  SOCIAL RELATIONS.
  
  
  RELIGION AND MORALS.
  
  
  EDUCATION.
  
  
  POLITICS.
  
  
  BUSINESS.
  
  
  SHOPS.
  
  
  AMUSEMENTS.
  
  
  NEWSPAPERS.
  
  
  LITERATURE, LANGUAGE, AND ART.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Produced by Col Choat
  
  
  
  
  
  TOWN LIFE IN AUSTRALIA.
  
  
  BY
  
  
  R. E. N. TWOPENY,
  
  
  OFFICER D'ACADEMIE DE FRANCE, AND LATE SECRETARY TO THE ROYAL
  
  
  COMMISSION FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA AT THE PARIS, SYDNEY, AND MELBOURNE
  
  
  EXHIBITIONS.
  
  
  LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
  
  
  1883.
  
  
  
  
  
  INTRODUCTION.
  
  
  The following work was originally written as a series of letters;
  
  
  but the epistolary form has only been partially retained. As it has
  
  
  necessarily been carried through the press without communication with
  
  
  the writer, who is now in New