A Short History of Western Australia by F K Crowley

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Stamp on inside blank front endpage. Interior and binding are still very good. Dust jacket is in fair condition with pieces missing from top edge. Wear to corners and edges. Dust jacket is now enclosed in protective sleeve.

When the first British colonists landed on the coast of Western Australia in 1829, there was no Adelaide, no Melbourne and no Brisbane. For many years, however, Perth lagged behind despite the perseverance of the founding families in the face of great difficulties.

This short history is a tribute to the determination and the ultimate success of the early settlers and an account of the way in which later generations of famers, pastoralists and prospectors and successive governors and governments helped to build a flourishing State.

Chapters cover the early days through to when the book was published in 1959.