Description
SECOND HAND BOOK
This book publishes the newspaper correspondence and reminiscences of James Kirby. Born in 1828 in Blakesley, Northamptonshire, England, he emigrated to Australia with his family per the barque ‘China’, arriving in Melbourne on 2 May 1840. In 1885 he published ‘A treatise on Cattle’, and in 1895 ‘Old Times in the Bush of Australia’. In 1894/5 he published ten articles in the Leader, entitled ‘Old Time Reminiscences. A True Record of Early Adventures’. These articles are reproduced in this work. He died in September 1904. His reminiscences contain extensive discussion of his interaction with the Watti Watti people of the Swan Hill district.
Specifications:
Condition: Very good. Like new.
Publisher: Self-published
Year: 2022
Format: Paperback
Pages: 121
ISBN: 9798449076304
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