My Early Years Down Under: An Autobiographical Account of an English Migrant Trying to Find Work in Western Australia at the Beginning of the Great Depression, 1929-1931 by John (Jack) Edge

Book Description.

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges.

John Edge was born in Leicester in 1910. He lived a typical working-class life, leaving school early to earn his keep. In 1929, aged eighteen, Jack migrated to Western Australia. He soon became one of the thousands of unemployed men seeking work across the state. During his two years in Australia, Jack travelled through the State.

This book is compiled from his letters and reminisces.