Builders and Pioneers of Australia by Arthur Jose

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed half-title page. Some foxgin to foredges and preliminary and end pages. Body text and binding are still very good. First edition.

Published in 1928, the book includes biographical sketches of influential figures who shaped the early development of Australia, ranging from early explorers to political leaders such as Lachlan Macquarie, William Charles Wentworth, Henry Parkes, and Alfred Deakin, pioneers: Jan Carstenzoon, Gregory Blaxland, John Blaxland, Simeon Lord, James King, Francis Howard Greenway, William Hilton Hovell and George Howe.

Includes maps and a plan of Sydney.