78513 Brisbane, Gordon & Gotch, [1896]. First Edition; 8vo; pp. viii, 424; folding frontispiece, 22 b/w illustrations; index gilt titles on front board and spine; front endpaper has personal inscriptions in ink and pencil; wear to cloth on spine, some page separation not affecting book integrity; front board has water damage; a good copy. Includes many portrait illustrations including Rens Bingham, Wentworth, Deas-Thomson, Macquarie, Forbes, John D. Lang, John Fairfax, Wiseman, John Petrie, F. Bigge, the Glasshouse Mountains and more. Text includes inflation, Murrumbidgee, New Zealand, Victoria Club, chess, horse breaking, gold discovery, draughts Cadell, Lady Augusta, navigation of the Murray, Black Labour, intrigue into Governor Bligh and Colonel Johnstone, Brisbane Botanical gardens, Mackay, the Women Folk Bullock drivers and much more. $175.00AUD
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