Description
This book is based on a collection of letters by London-born John Muston (1800-76). These letters lay bare Muston’s person, business and financial struggles in England and Australia from 1829-42.
John Muston had an interesting life: he was in turn a grocer in Derby; draper in Hobart Town; squatter on the Barwon River and Muston’s Creek at Port Phillip; and a merchant, accountant and speculator in Sydney. when he sailed across Bass Strait in 1837, Muston’s baggage included a host of financial, marital and other personal problems. From insolvency in Melbourne in 1842, however, he rebuilt his financial affairs and found happiness with a new wife.
Foreword written by Geoffrey Blainey
Paperback, 219pp, 2017
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