Ancient Landmarks: A Social and Economic History of the Victoria District of Western Australia, 1839-1894 by Mary Albertus Bain

Book Description

Secondhand. Fair condition. Book has significant wear to edges and corners Foxing marks on foredges. Previous owner has covered book and dust jacket with plastic contact. Previous owner has signed inside page. Signed by author.

The Victoria District (Irwin-Greenough district) was the first British settlement outside the triangle of Perth, York and Albany in Western Australia, the first area where gold and coal were found in the colony; the first place for cotton to be planted and the first railway was built.

This book includes accounts of early contacts and conflicts between Australian Aboriginal people and explorers and settlers.

Within a few years, favourable seasons and natural grass made the district the "granary of the colony", and the original settlers were wealthy men. While ticket-of-leave men worked in the lead mines, on the stations and farms, the wealthy settlers fought for independence from a distant legislature and women of all classes battled the difficulties of isolation. (book flap)

Includes bibliography and index.