Author: KEATING, VICTOR. Title: On The Rocks. Tales of Portsea Pioneers.
Description: First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 151; dustjacket, a few sketches throughout, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in black on spine, dustjacket a little worn otherwise a very good copy. The National Press, 1969. Written in semi-fiction form, the book presents an account of this historic district. It touches on the first ill-fated attempt of settlement at Sorrento by convicts, and tells of the establishment of permanent settlement.
Keywords: Australian local history Victoria Portsea Sorrento literature
Price: AUD 30.00 = appr. US$ 20.76 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 119784