Carpenter's geographical reader: Australia and the Islands: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Carpenter's geographical reader: Australia and the Islands, credited to Frank G. Carpenter, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Carpenter's geographical reader: Australia and the Islands by Frank G. Carpenter. Read in English by MaryAnnS; BettyB; JezRSH; Bill Boerst; Andrea Kotzer The purpose of this book is to give the children who read it a living knowledge of Australia and the chief islands of the world, and especially those which have become colonies or dependencies of the United States. In a personally conducted tour through the eyes of teh author they travel over [these islands], seeing our brown-skinned cousins of the several colonies as they are at home. They learn about the resources of the various islands, and of their value to the United States. They visit the people on the farms and in the factories. They spend some time in the cities and villages, and they explore the wilds, observing the wonders of plant and animal creation. (from the Preface)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Carpenter's geographical reader: Australia and the Islands
• Author credits: Frank G. Carpenter
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 63
• Listed recording duration: 9:17:59

Catalogue topics

• nonfiction
• Australia
• Ceylon
• Cuba
• hawaii
• Samoa
• Bermuda
• Sicily

Opening tracks: first 24 of 63

1. 00 - Preface — 3:42
2. 01 - General View of Australia — 8:04
3. 02 - In Sydney, the New York of Australia — 11:57
4. 03 - Sheep and Wool in Australia — 13:29
5. 04 - South Australia and the Great Central Desert -- Adelaide — 8:49
6. 05 - Gold Mining in Australia -- Ballarat -- Melbourne — 7:14
7. 06 - A Land of Strange Plants and Animals — 13:13
8. 07 - Queensland -- The Pearl Fisheries -- The Great Barrier Reef — 11:46
9. 08 - Among the Aborigines or Native Australians — 8:11
10. 09 - Western Australia and Tasmania — 10:35
11. 10 - New Zealand — 8:44
12. 11 - A Visit to a Meet-freezing Factory — 4:52
13. 12 - Wellington -- The Hot Springs -- Among the Maoris — 11:39
14. 13 - New Caledonia and other French Islands — 5:33
15. 14 - New Guinea — 11:20
16. 15 - Northeastern New Guinea and Adjacent British Isles — 7:55
17. 16 - The Fijis and Other British Possessions of the Pacific — 10:15
18. 17 - Samoa — 10:11
19. 18 - Our Hawaiian Possessions -- Honolulu — 10:08
20. 19 - The Industries of the Hawaiian Islands — 11:00
21. 20 - A Visit to a Volcano — 9:01
22. 21 - The Island of Guam — 7:40
23. 22 - General View of the Philippine Islands — 13:16
24. 23 - Manila, the Capital of the Philippines — 13:01

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