ANCIENT LANDMARKS: A Social and Economic History of the Victoria District of Western Australia 1839 - 1894

University of Western Australia Press, 1975. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Edgeworn dustjacket. WEST AUSTRALIANAHistory of the 'Victoria' District north of Perth WA. Includes accounts of early contacts and conflict between Aborigines and explorers and settlers.The Victoria District (Irwin Greenough district)was the first British settlement outside the triangle of Perth, York and Albany, the first area where gold and coal were found in the colony; the first place for cotton to be planted and the first railway was built. This book includes accounts of early contacts and conflict between Aborigines and explorers and settlers. Within a few years, favourable seasons and natural grass made the district the ""granary of the colony"", and the original settlers wealthy men. While ticket-of-leave me worked in the lead mines, on the stations and farms, the wealthy settlers fought for independence from a distant legislature, and women of all classes battled all the difficulties of isolation'""Sister Mary Albertus has brought to her study of the district not only a proven aptitude for thorough research but also a warm and sympathetic appreciation of the human qualities involved in opening up a district under pioneer conditions.""First Edition. xv, 431 p., 8 leaves of plates ; 25 cm. , endpp. maps. (Significant edgewear to jacket.))Includes index. Bibliography: p. 419-431.#0216/0921/110524Western Australia. Victoria region, 1839-1894  |  Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture.  |  Enterprises - Mining.  |  Colonisation.  |  Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900.  |  Settlement and contacts - Penal colonies / Convicts.  |  Settlement and contacts - Explorers.  |  Victoria District (W. A.) -- History.  |  Dongara (SW WA SH50-05)  |  Geraldton / Champion Bay (SW WA SH50-01)  |  Perth (SW WA SH50-14)  |  Victoria Plains (SW WA SH50-10, SH50-14) Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. (Please note: Over standard weight or size. Orders via ABE Books or Biblio or from Overseas may incur additional postage charges. We will contact you prior to processing order to request your approval or contact us to confirm postage cost.) Edgeworn dustjacket