Publisher:
Sydney: Currawong Publishing Co., [1963].:
Octavo, (hardcover), decorative boards, xvi, 223 pp. Bookplate; otherwise, Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Filled with Australian firsts', with basic facts, with records, with curiosities...The book is the harvest from 30 years' garnering by one of Australia's most versatile writers...Over that period Sidney J. Baker accumulated thousands of facts relating to the settlement of the Continent and its formative years down to the present day...Whether your interests lie pricipally in Melbourne Cup statistics, in the realms of literature, drama and music, in sheep and cattle, industry or commer...
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