Author: PYKE, WILLIAM THOMAS; Editor. Title: Australian Heroes And Adventurers.
Description: First Edition; 8vo; pp. [vi], vii-152 (last blank), 16 pages advertisements; 1 map, 8 illustrations; original light green cloth, title in gilt on spine, gilt title and illustration on front board, previous owners name on front free endpaper, head and tail of spine bumped, corners bumped, flecking to endpapers, good copy. London, Walter Scott, 1889. Ferguson 14541. The book is divided into two main sections, Burke and Wills -Two heroes of Explortion; and Old Times on teh Gold-Fields. This part contains an account of the Eureka Stockade Riots.
Keywords: Australian local history mining Victoria discovery exploration gold mining mines
Price: AUD 33.00 = appr. US$ 22.83 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 83854