An Australian Story: 1837-1907
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
From the sweeping plains and colonial drawing rooms of nineteenth-century Australia emerges a vivid portrait of a nation finding its identity in An Australian Story: 1837–1907. Maie Casey chronicles seven decades of Australian life through the experiences of her own family, tracing the triumphs, hardships, and social transformations that shaped a continent — from the earliest days of colonial settlement through to the dawn of the Federation era. Rich in personal memoir and historical detail, the narrative captures the rhythms of pastoral life, the ambitions of a pioneering class, and the vast, sunburned landscape that defined them all. Casey writes with the assured grace of someone intimately acquainted with both the drawing rooms of power and the red dust of the outback, bringing to life an era that is at once deeply personal and broadly significant. As a prominent figure in Australian public life — wife of Governor-General Richard Casey — her perspective carries the weight of a dynasty and the warmth of lived memory. Grounded in meticulous research yet told with the elegance of a natural storyteller, this is a work that illuminates the quiet heroism of ordinary colonial lives, leaving the reader to wonder just how much of modern Australia was forged in that extraordinary, forgotten century.
Author: Maie Casey
Format: Hardback
Published: 1962, Michael Joseph
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
From the sweeping plains and colonial drawing rooms of nineteenth-century Australia emerges a vivid portrait of a nation finding its identity in An Australian Story: 1837–1907. Maie Casey chronicles seven decades of Australian life through the experiences of her own family, tracing the triumphs, hardships, and social transformations that shaped a continent — from the earliest days of colonial settlement through to the dawn of the Federation era. Rich in personal memoir and historical detail, the narrative captures the rhythms of pastoral life, the ambitions of a pioneering class, and the vast, sunburned landscape that defined them all. Casey writes with the assured grace of someone intimately acquainted with both the drawing rooms of power and the red dust of the outback, bringing to life an era that is at once deeply personal and broadly significant. As a prominent figure in Australian public life — wife of Governor-General Richard Casey — her perspective carries the weight of a dynasty and the warmth of lived memory. Grounded in meticulous research yet told with the elegance of a natural storyteller, this is a work that illuminates the quiet heroism of ordinary colonial lives, leaving the reader to wonder just how much of modern Australia was forged in that extraordinary, forgotten century.