Early Memories of the Great Nor-West, and a Chapter in History of W A by A R Richardson

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Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Mark on front cover near spine. Foxing to foredges.

Alexander Robert Richardson (1847-1931) was a pastoralist and Western Australian politician. He made a fortune through pastoral leases in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions. He was of the Legislative Council and later the Legislative Assembly. He was also a trustee of the Western Australian Agricultural Bank. He advocated the expansion of northern settlements. (Australian Dictionary of Biography)