To Be Heirs Forever by Mary Durack
A fascinating and lively record of early Australia by the author of Kings in Grass Castles and Sons in the Saddle
With her husband, Will, six children, two servants, some livestock and tools, Eliza Shaw exchanged her world of drawing-rooms and embroidery in Leicestershire for the brushwood huts and back-breaking labour of a pioneer settlement in Western Australia. They were never to see England again...
Months at sea, a disastrous arrival at the infant settlement of Fremantle, the heat, the sand, the hardships and calamities, the brilliant flowers and birds, the strange Aborigines, the courage and comradeship of the small band of settlers - all are recorded here through the eyes of a remarkable woman.
Format: Paperback | 280 pages
Dimensions (cm): 18 x 11 x 1.8 | 260g
Publication Date: 1992
Publisher: Transworld Publishers
Imprint: Corgi Books
Publication City/Country: Sydney, Australia
Language: English
ISBN10: 0552109800
ISBN13: 9780552109802
Condition: Good
A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. Some damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks, and a crease running down the left-hand side of the front cover, parallel to the spine, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. There is a red stamp on the first page of the book. And the majority of pages are bordered by discolouring, more obvious on some pages than others, none of which compromises the legibility or understanding of the text. No missing pages.