Australia's Little Cornwall by Oswald Pryor

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page. Dust jacket is in good condition with some water damage at spine top and marks to front and back covers. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a glossy protective dust jacket cover. Body text and binding are still very good.

Oswald Pryor has already made the Cousin Jacks of Moonta and the surrounding area on northern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, famous through cartoons. Now this well-known humourist, who was the surface manager at Moonta Mines until they closed down in 1923, tells the story of the discovery, growth and eventual decay of the Moonta mining field. Throughout the book, there are echoes of the quaint customs of the past brought to Australia by Cornish miners.