Yilgarn: Good Country for Hardy People: The Landscape and People of the Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia edited by Lyall Hunt

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Foxing to foredges. Previous owners has signed inside pages. Dust jacket has creasing at edges and spine.

This study of the environment and people of the Yilgarn region of Western Australia grew from a decision by the Shire of Yilgarn to commemorate the centenary of the discovery of commercial deposits of gold in the district in 1887-1888.

This book includes three scientific studies by Graham Pike, Lindsay Hunter and Bill Foulds and seven chapters by historians Neville Green and John McKenzie; sociologist Lynne Hunt; economist John Prestage and geographers David Murray, Dennis Rumley and Alan May.