Commandant of Solitude. The Journals of Captain Collet Barker, 1828-1831
Carlton, Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press, 1992.
Large octavo, xviii, 431 pages with 8 maps (by K. Cowan) plus 20 pages of plates (containing a total of 37 images, 16 in colour).
Papered boards; bottom corner of the central portion of the text block slightly bowed; an excellent copy with the excellent dustwrapper.
The journals cover Barker's period of command of 'the isolated settlement at Raffles Bay (near modern Darwin) for just over a year and ... King George Sound (Albany)', ending with his untimely death at the mouth of the Murray River. Number 8 in the Miegunyah Press Series.
Item #145431
Price (AUD):
$150.00