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    Magical Tours of Australia
    Magical Tours of Australia
    Magical Tours of Australia
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    Magical Tours of Australia

    By Leann Richards

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    Magicians regularly toured Australia during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, this booklet discusses the tours of Chung Ling Soo, The Davenport Brothers, and a Maskelyne Company of 1908.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLeann Richards
    Release dateDec 13, 2010
    ISBN9781458108180
    Magical Tours of Australia
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    Leann Richards

    I am a juggler, a writer, a pretend magician, an historian and a teacher. I've published some books on Australian theatrical history through Ginninderra Books in Australia, and have just finished another on Australian juggling history which will be published in early 2022. Between juggling, researching history and teaching I like to write fairy tales. I live with my imagination in Sydney Australia.

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      Magical Tours of Australia - Leann Richards

      Magical Tours of Australia

      By Leann Richards

      Copyright Leann Richards 2010

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      Australia hosted many of the world’s most famous magicians during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Amongst them were the Davenports, more spiritualists than magicians, Chung Ling Soo, and representatives of the Maskelyne Company.

      The Davenport Brothers- 1876

      The Davenport brothers were famous spiritualists who took their show to the road in the late 19th century. For many years, they performed with little variation the act they brought to Australia. Houdini later said that the Davenports used escapology in their act and this was assumed by Australian newspapers. The brothers performed continuously until William's death in Sydney in 1877. 

      The first public performance of the Davenport Brothers in Australia took place on Saturday 2nd September 1876 at the Melbourne Town Hall. The Town Hall located on the corner of Collins and Swanston Streets had been completed in

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