Far Country: A Short History of the Northern Territory by Alan Powell

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Tiny mark on top foredge. Dust jacket has small tears on the spine tail, now covered with book tape. General creasing to top and tail edges of dust jacket. Interior and binding are still excellent. Centenary edition.

This is a full and revealing account of the perilous and adventurous course of the Northern Territory; a comprehensive history that debunks the myths and makes humans both the high and the low points.

The Northern Territory is a wondrous place of bizarre natural history and eccentric personalities; of great unrest and great triumph. Far Country presents the place and its story with skill and simplicity.

Although not as glamorous as myth-makers would have us believe, the real story of Australia's "last frontier", through European settlement, wars, depression and the relationship between Indigenous Australians and White Australians, is no less engrossing.

Includes index and bibliographical references.