Royal Engineer: A Life of Sir Edmund DuCane by Alexandra Hasluck

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Foxing to top foredge. Mark on front and back endpages and back book flap. Body text and binding are still very good. Dust jacket has a tear to back cover near spine top. Some minor marks on front cover. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a glossy protective cover.

In 1851, Edmund DuCane, a young lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, volunteered to go to Western Australia to overseas convict works.

He married Georgiana Molloy's daughter, Mary Dorothea, in Western Australia.

Importantly, DuCane was a talented artist who sketched settlers, ships, buildings, Indigenous Australians, and more.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.