Australian Pioneers and Reminiscences (Illustrated), together with Portraits of Some of the Founders of Australia. By the late Nehemiah Bartley. Edited by J.J. Knight

Brisbane, Gordon and Gotch (for the Executrix and Children), 1896.

Octavo, viii, 424 pages plus 23 plates (including a folding frontispiece).

Attractively gilt-lettered maroon cloth slightly bumped, rubbed and marked; inside surfaces of the flyleaves (and the last page) foxed; later ownership signature; an excellent copy.

With much on Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the relevant states; subjects include 'The Lady Augusta', the Constitution, the Anti-Transporation debate, 'The Incursions of the Blacks', Squatting, John Petrie and the Liberty of the Press.

Item #50026

Price (AUD): $180.00