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AUSTRALIAN PARSONAGE, An or, the Settler and the Savage in Western Australia

Millett, Mrs. Edward.
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WEST AUSTRALIANA Facsim. reprint. First published: London: Edward Stanford, 1872. Ferguson no. F12612. Some edgewear to jacket.

Western Australia, 1863-1869. Personal observations. Facsimiles  |  Western Australia — History — 1829-1900.

“Mrs Millett wrote of life in Western Australia after returning to England in 1869 due to her husbands ill health. Her vivid pen pictures of Fremantle and Perth and her journey up the Swan River and arrival at York. Her comments on bung eyes, heat, fleas and camp cooking are illuminating as are her perceptive and impartial thoughts on immigration, expirees and duties of a Chaplain.”xvi, 415 pages : 2 ill. (1 col.) ; 23 cm. colour plate (frontispiece) and one black & white plate. appendix. (Gift inscription name on fep.)

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AuthorMillett, Mrs. Edward.
Number of pagesxvi, 415 pages : 2 ill. (1 col.) ; 23 cm.
PublisherUniversity of Western Australia Press
Year Published1980
Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

Book Condition

Very Good

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