Merchant Princes of Fremantle, The: The Rise and Decline of a Colonial Elite, 1870-1900

WEST AUSTRALIANA –

Focuses on the family life and economic contributions of 16 elite merchant businessmen and one businesswoman of Fremantle, Western Australia, examining in particular their role in the city’s development, the creation of a harbour, and the development of democratic government.

Celebrates the contributions of Bateman, Diamond, Higham, Lilly, Manning, Moore, Pearse & Samson, who were ‘patriarchal, noble, dedicated and generous, but were also capable of injustice & oppression’.

BATEMAN, DIAMOND, HIGHAM, LILLY, MANNING, MOORE, PEARSE, SAMSON

First Edition. A FINE copy! pp. x, 235 Illusts  Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-226). #0517/0218/0820/0521/191123/130724/190925/200526

• Harbours — Western Australia — Fremantle — History
• Merchants — Western Australia — Fremantle — Biography
• Merchants — Western Australia — Fremantle — History
• Fremantle (W.A.) — Biography
• Fremantle (W.A.) — History
• Western Australia — History — 1851-1901