Eastward Ho to Mullewa and the Murchison by Bert Keeffe

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges; front cover right tail corner now protected by book tape. Foxing to top foredge. Interior and binding are still very good.

The story of the vast country east of Geraldton, where Aboriginals first strode amid the megafauna of a bygone age. The evolution of their culture and the honing of their survival skills in an environment that ranged from the ice age to aridity, enduring until the arrival of European settlers. Of their endeavours to stem the flow of sheep as the flocks spread over their land.

The saga continues with the winning of gold from the interior and records the activities of prospectors, miners, teamsters, coachmen, pastoralists, railwaymen, farmers and their families. They pioneered these distant places and brought population and prosperity to the colony. Of the towns that grew to sustain these people who challenged the wilderness, carved their livelihoods from it, and helped lay the foundation of Australia.

Includes bibliography and index.