Author: VIVIENNE, MAY.
Title: Travels In Western Australia. Being A Description Of The Various Cities And Towns, Goldfields, And Agricultural Districts Of That State.
Description: Second Edition; 8vo; pp. xvi, 344; portrait frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations many full page; original red cloth, title in gilt on spine, gilt decoration on front of board, spine bumped, pages uncut, good copy. London, William Heinemann, 1902. Subjects covered include whaling, mining, aboriginals, aboriginal risings, Swan River, many large alluvial nuggets including 1636 oz, caving, aboriginal camp, York, agriculture, Sir John Forrest, logging, Margaret Caves, early gold discoveries, Kalgoorlie, pearls, explorers, the Golden Butterfly and more. Illustrations include Albany, steamships, Moir's buildings, Perth railway station, cave, aboriginal camp, Freemantle, camel train, mines, miners camps and more.

Keywords: Australian local Western Australia history agriculture farming goldfields mining whaling aboriginals Swan Riveralluvial York agriculture Sir John Forrest Margaret Caves Kalgoorlie pearls discovery exploration Golden Butterfly Albany steamships Moir's Pert