The Odyssey of A Digger by F D Burdett and edited by C R Long

Book Description

Secondhand. Fair condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Substantial foxing to foredges and preliminary pages. Frontpiece is partially attached. Rest of binding is still in good condition. No dust jacket. Book is now in a non-adhesive protective cover. Index has been annotated in pencil.

Frederick David Burdett came to Australia with his family in 1878, aged fourteen. This memoir, his reminiscences, covers pastoral life in New South Wales and the men and incidents of the early Kimberley. He was one of the earliest diggers at the Kimberley goldrush of the 1880s.