16mo. 16pp. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Extremities a rubbed and marked, inked ownership inscription of W. Baker to head of upper wrapper. Occasional ink-spotting.

'Australasia comprehends the islands of Australia, Van Diemen's Land, or Tasmania, New Zealand, and New Guinea. Civilisation and Christianity are gradually extending amongst them'.

An apparently unrecorded juvenile chapbook, providing statistics relating to select countries and continents. It was published as the second number in printer and bookseller George Berger's (1796-1868) one-penny 'Elementary' series, which encompassed twenty-three didactic titles, predominantly devotional and scientific.