Wheeling Matilda: The Story of Australian Cycling by Jim Fitzpatrick

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library book with external stickers and protective plastic covering. Date due slip ontitle page. Sticker on inside back cover. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Red ink mark on right foredge. Body text and binding are still very good.

This fascinating book provides insight into the use of the bicycle in Australia. From the 1890s, Australia was the long-distance cycling centre of the world. Explorers, gold miners, trail-blazers, preachers, sheep-shearers and early filmmakers covered amazing distances in the most challenging conditions, mounted on two wheels.