Some Reminiscences of Old Victoria (1912) was written by Edgar Fawcett (1847-1923). Born in Sydney, his family emigrated to the United States in 1849 ⿿father, mother, my brother Rowland and myself, in the ship Victoria⿿ and settled in San Francisco in 1850. They later travelled up the coast, to Vancouver Island, after the discovery of gold there in 1858, and settled in Victoria, British Columbia in 1859. He was also the author of pieces for newspapers in Victoria including Two Pioneer Firms of Old Victoria (c. 1918).