Love Thy Land: A Study of the Shire of Albany, Western Australia by Les Johnson

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Light foxing to top foredge. Dust jacket has creasing at top edges and spine. Interior and binding are still excellent.

The human endeavours behind the land, which became first the Albany Roads Board District and then the Albany Shire, were not all shining examples of romance, pleasure or success. Adventure, business interest, the chance of a new life in a new place, escape and the transportation of British convicts to as far away from Britain as possible were all causes in the early settlement of the district.

But if these were failures and privations beyond the experience of present West Australians, there were also successes, and the Shire has become the product of those successes. (Foreword)