Vision Splendid: A History of the Winton District, Western Queensland by Peter and Sheila Forrest

Book Description

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

In the 1870s, the Winston District presented a vision splendid for a generation of Australians who restlessly sought better chances in life further out.

They soon found that people who chose to live around Winton had to be able to look adversity in the eye and overcome it. It is country which is subject to severe fluctuations of fortune, a land which can humble people very quickly, but also a place which can be generous to those who start with little else but skill and tenacity.

It is real Australia - it inspired Banjo Paterson to write Waltzing Matilda, lifted QANTAS into the air, and underwrote the Australian legend. It is a land that has made so much history. This book honours that history. (book flap)