A Pictorial History Of Bushrangers
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Tom Prior; Bill Wannan; H. Nunn
Binding: Hardback
Published: Paul Hamlyn, Australia, 1970
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Slight lean to book. Light foxing on black cloth.
This visual history presents a compelling account of Australia’s most notorious bushrangers, charting their rise from colonial outlaws to enduring folk legends. Prior, Wannan, and Nunn compile historical photographs, contemporary illustrations, and archival documents to construct a vivid narrative of figures such as Ned Kelly, Ben Hall, and Captain Thunderbolt. The book details their exploits, confrontations with law enforcement, and the social conditions that fueled rural rebellion across the 19th century. It argues for the bushranger’s symbolic role in Australian identity, blending criminality with resistance to authority.
Author: Tom Prior; Bill Wannan; H. Nunn
Binding: Hardback
Published: Paul Hamlyn, Australia, 1970
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Slight lean to book. Light foxing on black cloth.
This visual history presents a compelling account of Australia’s most notorious bushrangers, charting their rise from colonial outlaws to enduring folk legends. Prior, Wannan, and Nunn compile historical photographs, contemporary illustrations, and archival documents to construct a vivid narrative of figures such as Ned Kelly, Ben Hall, and Captain Thunderbolt. The book details their exploits, confrontations with law enforcement, and the social conditions that fueled rural rebellion across the 19th century. It argues for the bushranger’s symbolic role in Australian identity, blending criminality with resistance to authority.