Australia from Port MacQuarie to Moreton Bay with Description of the Natives, Their Manners and Customs, the Geology, Natural Productions, Fertility, and Resources of That Region; first Explored and Surveyed By Order of the Colonial Government.
by Hodgkinson, Clement
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T. and W. Boone, London, 1845.. 1845. Hardcover. 8vo. orig. cloth hardcover. 241pp. + 8pp. publisher ads. B/w map & frontis. + 6 b/w plates. Good, some foxing, wuite heavy on plates, front hinge partially cracked, bookplate, number & signature in front pastedown. Wear to cover corners, small crack at top of spine at front, spine sunned. .
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- Title
- Australia from Port MacQuarie to Moreton Bay with Description of the Natives, Their Manners and Customs, the Geology, Natural Productions, Fertility, and Resources of That Region; first Explored and Surveyed By Order of the Colonial Government.
- Author
- Hodgkinson, Clement
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- T. and W. Boone, London, 1845.
- Date Published
- 1845
- Keywords
- australia settlement history
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