WEST AUSTRALIANA Biography –

The lives of the Booth and Backhouse families unfold against a rich backdrop of places and events, including the coal mines and tenant farms of Yorkshire, the First World War and the Russian Revolution; the gold rushes, pioneering the Wheatbelt and small-town life of Western Australia; the Great Depression; the Second World War and its aftermath.

• xvii, 256 p., [33] p. of plates : maps, ports. ; 21 cm. #141025

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