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

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Fading to spine. Interior and binding are still excellent.

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

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

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

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