14485 Brisbane, Barker's Bookstores 1937, 1st Edition pp135 + 2 pp index, frontispiece and 9 b/w plates, index and list of illus., native nomenclature, original embossed blue cloth, near fine in like dust wrapper This narrative includes a history of the Island and area, a history commencing with Flinders in 1799 and also Oxley in 1823, plus events up to the separation with NSW in 1859. Bribie the Basket maker is described as the merry Morton Bay fish hawking convict of the time of Governor Sir George Gipps, who held office in Sydney from 24th February 1838 to the 11th July 1846. Also including a section on Bongaree the native. Descriptions of land sizes, prices, communications and shipping all give the reader a context of the times. $400.00AUD
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