Bush Life In Tasmania: Fifty Years Ago
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Step back into the rugged wilderness of colonial Tasmania with James Fenton's vivid and authoritative memoir, Bush Life in Tasmania: Fifty Years Ago — a rare firsthand chronicle of pioneer existence in one of Australia's most remote and untamed corners. Fenton, also known as the author of History of Tasmania, presents an intimate account of early settler life, detailing encounters with the island's indigenous inhabitants, the hardships endured by the first settlers, and the remarkable journeys undertaken across the Tasmanian bush. Drawing on personal memory and meticulous observation, the narrative reconstructs a vanishing world with the clarity and conviction of a man who lived it. Beyond its value as a historical document, this work stands as a compelling piece of colonial literature, illuminating the social, cultural, and environmental conditions that shaped early Australian identity. Fenton writes with the measured authority of a pioneer-historian, balancing personal anecdote with broader reflections on the growth and transformation of Tasmanian society. His prose carries the weight of lived experience — unsentimental yet deeply human — leaving the reader to wonder what other untold stories lie buried beneath Tasmania's ancient landscape.
Author: James Fenton
Format: Hardback
Published: 1964, Harris, Watson & Viney, Ld, London and Aylesbury
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Step back into the rugged wilderness of colonial Tasmania with James Fenton's vivid and authoritative memoir, Bush Life in Tasmania: Fifty Years Ago — a rare firsthand chronicle of pioneer existence in one of Australia's most remote and untamed corners. Fenton, also known as the author of History of Tasmania, presents an intimate account of early settler life, detailing encounters with the island's indigenous inhabitants, the hardships endured by the first settlers, and the remarkable journeys undertaken across the Tasmanian bush. Drawing on personal memory and meticulous observation, the narrative reconstructs a vanishing world with the clarity and conviction of a man who lived it. Beyond its value as a historical document, this work stands as a compelling piece of colonial literature, illuminating the social, cultural, and environmental conditions that shaped early Australian identity. Fenton writes with the measured authority of a pioneer-historian, balancing personal anecdote with broader reflections on the growth and transformation of Tasmanian society. His prose carries the weight of lived experience — unsentimental yet deeply human — leaving the reader to wonder what other untold stories lie buried beneath Tasmania's ancient landscape.