![Item #127459 A Brief Account of the Military Life and Times of George Gawler. [Contained in] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 56, 1955. George GAWLER, Major-General G. W SYMES.](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/127459_01.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1643854938)
A Brief Account of the Military Life and Times of George Gawler. [Contained in] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 56, 1955
Adelaide, RGSSA, December 1955.
Octavo, pages 1-10 plus a frontispiece portrait.
Original wrappers; a fine copy.
The Presidential Address of George William Symes, MC and Bar (1896-1980), sometime commander of 70th Division, second-in-charge to Major General Orde Wingate's Special Force, and commander of the South Burma District; and secretary to governors Sir Robert George and Sir Edric Bastyan ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). This issue also contains EDWARDS, Robert: St Mary's-on-the-Sturt (pages 35-46 plus 2 plates); MARSHALL, Ann: Climate and Housing (pages 11-33 with a table, 8 graphs and 10 floor plans plus a plate with 6 illustrations from photographs); and THOMSON, Keith W.: The Changes in Function of Former Mining Settlements in the Wallaroo Copper Belt (pages 47-58 with a map, a graph and 2 tables plus a plate with 2 illustrations from photographs and a folding map).
Item #127459
Price (AUD):
$110.00