Author: (SIDNEY, SAMUEL). Title: The Land Of The Kangaroo And The Boomerang: Including dashing acts of bravery in pursuit of strange wild animals and wilder forest ruffians and escaped convicts in the Blue Gum Forests and Giant Ferns. Also giving a true history of the discovery, settlement and wonderful growth of The Australian Colonies, showing their advance from a wretched penal post (Botany Bay) until they overflowed the markets of the world with their production of Wool, Lead, Wheat, Copper and Gold.
Description: American Edition; 8vo; pp. 408; frontispiece, illustrations, previous owners inscription on front free endpaper dated 1887, spine and corners bumped, pages browned, good copy. New York, Hurst & Co., n.d. [c. 1880's]. American edition of "The Three Colonies Of Australia"
Keywords: Australian local history general history settlement convicts discovery exploration
Price: AUD 75.00 = appr. US$ 51.89 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 55355