Maitland Brown: A View of Nineteenth Century Western Australia by Peter Cowan

Book Description

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

Politician, explorer, magistrate, farmer and merchant, Maitland Brown was a crucial and often controversial figure in the colonial history of Western Australia.

Born in the York settlement in 1843, he was among the first generation of British Australians born in the Swan River Colony. By the age of twenty-three, he had led an expedition to Roebuck Bay that became a legend in his time and had been appointed to the position of Resident Magistrate.

At twenty-seven, he became a member of the Colonial Legislative Council. Noted for his articulation, forthrightness, and resourcefulness, Maitland Brown had a profound influence on public affairs during Western Australia's formative years, as the colony transformed from a colonial administrative outpost to responsible government. (book flap)