Vanishing Australians

by George Farwell

Illustrated by Douglas Maxted

Rigby, 1961, [First Edition], black and white illustrations in text, illustrated endpapers (maps), hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners’ gift inscription on facing half title page, age toned pages; dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing, chipping, creasing and small tears, rubbing to back of jacket, text missing (see photographs)

“Camel Drivers, river skippers, shanty-keepers, blade-shearers, fossickers – these have vanished from the Australian scene; and following them into the shadows are the swagmen, crocodile-shooters, buffalo-hunters, ol-time drovers, and many other Outback types.  During his own adventurous career, George Farwell has worked, lived, and yarned with them, and here, in the pages of Vanishing Australians, he vividly recalls that the memory of them will never fade.”

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