The Settler’s Guide: A Biased Selection From the Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, 1890–1910 compiled by Keith Smith

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, corners now protected with book tape. Fading to spine. Interior and binding are very good.

A selection of the best and most useful articles, pictures and diagrams published in the Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales between 1890 and 1910. The focus of the articles is old-time skills and bush lore.

The economic climate in Australia in the 1890s was bleak. It was a time of economic depression, unemployment, drought and strikes. Many people sought a way out by selecting land in the bush to build a home and set up a small farm.