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The Genesis of Queensland by Russell, Henry Stuart - 1989
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Toowoomba, Qld : Vintage Books, 1989. Limited edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers very faintly foxed, text clean Edges very slightly spotted or marked The book was first published in 1888 and this is a facsimile copy.
The full title is 'The Genesis of Queensland; An account of the first exploring journeys to and over the Darling Downs the earliest days of their occupation; social life; station seeking; the course of discovery, northward and westward; and a resumé of the causes which led to separation from New South Wales
Limited edition of 500 copies for sale, this copy is number 343. Quarter bound in faux leather with cream linen covered boards and metal corners.
Prepared as a commemoration of the centenary of settlement in Australia this documents the early days of Queensland, often using excerpts from primary sources such as explorers' journals and settlers' diaries. The book discusses explorers from as early as de Quiros, through to Leichhardt, Mitchell, Kennedy and Cunningham while settlers include Dr Ballow, Petrie, George and Patrick Leslie, Coxen and McConnell. Appendices include extracts from the journals of Cook, Flinders and Lockyer, government proclamations and accounts of the murder of Captain Logan. Fold-out maps B & W map illustration.
The full title is 'The Genesis of Queensland; An account of the first exploring journeys to and over the Darling Downs the earliest days of their occupation; social life; station seeking; the course of discovery, northward and westward; and a resumé of the causes which led to separation from New South Wales
Limited edition of 500 copies for sale, this copy is number 343. Quarter bound in faux leather with cream linen covered boards and metal corners.
Prepared as a commemoration of the centenary of settlement in Australia this documents the early days of Queensland, often using excerpts from primary sources such as explorers' journals and settlers' diaries. The book discusses explorers from as early as de Quiros, through to Leichhardt, Mitchell, Kennedy and Cunningham while settlers include Dr Ballow, Petrie, George and Patrick Leslie, Coxen and McConnell. Appendices include extracts from the journals of Cook, Flinders and Lockyer, government proclamations and accounts of the murder of Captain Logan. Fold-out maps B & W map illustration.
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- Edition Limited edition
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- Publisher Vintage Books
- Place of Publication Toowoomba, Qld
- Date Published 1989
- Pages 633
- Keywords Australian History - Queensland Queensland, explorers, Darling Downs, Leichhardt, Edmund Kennedy
- X weight 1100.000 kg
- Size Octavo (standard book size)
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The Genesis Of Queensland.: An account of the first exploring journeys to and over the Darling Downs: the earliest days of their occupation; social life; station seeking, the course of discovery, northward and westward and a resume of the causes which led to separation from New Sout
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Sydney; Turner & Henderson; MDCCCLXXXVIII, [1888].. First Edition; Roy. 8vo; pp. xvi, 636; portrait frontispiece (Patrick Leslie), folding sketch map of the Balonne river, folding sketch map of Botany Bay, folding plan of the entrance of Endeavour River, folding facsimile of portion of muster roll of H.M.S. "Resolute" and facsimile portion of Cook's Log of H.M.S. "Endeavour", bound in original brown cloth, title and decoration on spine, some mild foxing to first and last few pages, contemporary inscription on front endpaper, nice bright copy. Fergusson 15296. Reminiscences of a pioneer with much early exploration interest.
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