Wollaston's Albany Journals, 1848-1856 by Revd John Ramsden Wollaston

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has wear to tail edge with a small tear. Dust jacket is now in a protective cover. Interior and binding are also very good.

Full title: Wollaston's Albany Journals, 1848-1856 Being Volume 2 of the Journal and Diaries (1841-1856) of Revd John Ramsden Wollaston

This is John Ramsden Wollaston's (1791-1856) second journal and diary, covering his time as Archdeacon in the St John's Parish, Albany, to his death in 1856.

Wollaston was appointed Archdeacon of Western Australia in 1849. After a failed Aboriginal mission in 1835, Wollaston established another Anglican mission to Western Australian Aboriginals at Albany in 1851. (Australian Dictionary of Biography)

First published by Pitman & Sons in 1948. This edition was collected by Canon A Burton, edited by Revd Percy U Henn and introduced by Malcolm J L Uren.