Wheeling Matilda: The Story of Australian Cycling by Jim Fitzpatrick

Book Description

Secondhand.Fair condition. Significant wear to book edges, particularly right front cover edge now protected with book tape. Creasing to right edge of title page. Minor mark on inside front cover. Faint marks on foredges. A readable copy with good binding.

This fascinating book provides insight into the use of the bicycle in Australia. From the 1890s, Australia was the long-distance cycling centre of the world. Explorers, gold miners, trail-blazers, preachers, sheep-shearers and early filmmakers covered amazing distances in the most challenging conditions, mounted on two wheels.