Early Days: Journal of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society (Inc) - Number 106, 2022

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Contains a wide range of thought-provoking articles, including two which discuss relationships between settlers and First Nations people. There are also contributions focusing on lesser-known individuals, whose lives provide us with acute insights into the times in which they lived.

Contributions include:

• Study of the life of Gerald Raikes, a public official and active in the colony's amateur theatre by Brendan Kelly
• Story of James and Mary Coultas by Peter Handforth
• Wonnerup and its people by Lenore Layman
• Henry Lawson's visits to Albany by Chris Holyday
• Study of Miguel Mackinlay, artist by Dorothy Erickson
• The Canning Stock Route by Phil Bianchi
• Yagan and Midgegooroo and George Fletcher Moore by James Cassidy
• Grape growing and wine making in the Great Southern 1791 to 1966 by Rob Sippe
• Pioneers of the WA timber industry by Don Briggs
• Reading WA in the nation's past by Mat Trinca