Theirs to Bestow

A sweeping saga of the Swan River colony

(Shiralee Series)

by Rix Weaver

Angus & Robertson, 1979, ISBN 0207140812, hardcover with illustrated boards and blue cloth library binding

Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, ex library stickers inside front and back covers, remainder line at bottom fore edge(see photographs)

“The saga follows the fortunes of the Mabie family who came to Western Australia as pioneers, settling in and around the new Swan River colony.  It is an absorbing account of their desperate fight against starvation, against hostile Aborigines and, as free settlers, against their land becoming a penal colony.
Into the Mabie history is woven the story of Janet Mabie, reckless, unconventional, delightful – a woman born to be a tormentor of men.”