Book Description
Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has creaing at top and tail. Tears to top spine and top front cover. Now enclosed in dust jacket protector.
Alfred James Hillman (1841-1884) was the son of the Swan River Colony's Assistant Surveyor-General Alfred Hillman.
He was a banker and had been with the Western Australian Bank from its establishment. Alfred James was a meticulous diarist, recording and commenting upon every event and person in the young colony. Birth, deaths, marriages, disasters, crimes, sports and pastimes were all recorded. (book flap)