Plantagenet: A History of the Shire of Plantagenet, Western Australia by Rhonda Glover et al

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page. Dust jacket has some light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are also very good.

Plantagenet County was explored in 1829 by Surgeon T B Wilson RN, then later by Governor James Stirling and charted by Surveyor Septimus Roe. The resulting map showed forests and valleys of good land, lakes, swamps, lagoons and rivers. Between the Kent River and the Hay River was ‘Rich and beautiful country’.

Aboriginals knew it well and had thrived on its bounty for countless generations. But the second comers, the differently cultured white immigrants forced out of their own land by poverty and a yearning for a better life, had much to learn even for survival. The way they learned is the theme of this history; its scope is a century and a half of endeavour and achievement.

To preserve the now-remembered and re-create the climate in which the first white settlers began their Australian life, the Plant-agenet Shire sought help from the authors, before the old family tales had been forgotten and precious letters and records destroyed. (book flap)