Travels in Western Australia - being a description of the various cities and towns, goldfields, and agricultural districts of that state

The Daily Chronicle: This book is a pleasant and interesting one; it tells what somebody really saw and felt, not what somebody thought the proper thing to say. The average man will find May Vivienne a delightful and exhilarating guide to the still only half-understood pleasures and resources of Western Australia. The Financial Times: Among the several books published dealing with Western Australia, we know of few, if any, which are at once so entertaining and so instructive as this volume. Any one who desires to obtain in a most pleasant way a good general knowledge of this distant colony could scarcely do better than purchase this book. As a mere record of travel, apart from its special interest as dealing with a gold-producing colony, it is well worth reading, and it contains a profusion of interesting illustrations. The Pall Mall Gazette: Miss Vivienne knows her Westralia up and down; she takes us to farms and timber estates; she has visited the goldfields more than once, inspected all the chief mines, pegged a claim with her own hand, and pluckily traversed the pioneer fringe of civilisation. Her delightful journeys, which (with admirable illustrations) take us over the whole country, reveal its astounding promise, which has already largely become performance. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 69184
Author: Vivienne, May
Release Date: Oct 19, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: William Heinemann,1901
Publication Date: 1901
Publisher Country: United Kingdom