Tate prof ralph appendix (1 risultati)

Hardback small octavo, no jacket (as issued), good plus condition, original black cloth cover (gilt lettering, minor marks, corners bumped), adverts at rear, new endpapers, top edge single page little torn (repaired), pages toned as usual, top spine little torn, edges little foxed, minor edgewear, otherwise internally very good. 198 pp. The comprehensive account by William J. Sowden of the Northern Territory after 20 years of South Australian administration. He travelled for two and a half months under difficult conditions with the South Australian Parliamentary Party, which inspected the current state of the Territory. This report contains chapters on Palmerston (later renamed Darwin), the far interior, Government plantations, and the rich riverine country. The 33-page appendix by Ralph Tate details the natural resources and geology of the Northern Territory. Plus 6 pages of adverts at rear. (192 + 6 pages. The author was a journalist who accompanied the parliamentary expedition to inspect the Northern Territory.). …