Australia The First Hundred Years: Being A Facsimile Of Volumes I & Ii Of The Picturesque Atlas Of Australasia, 1888
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; faded spine.
Few documents capture the raw, ambitious spirit of a young nation quite like Australia the First Hundred Years — a stunning facsimile reproduction of Volumes I and II of the landmark Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, originally published in 1888. Edited by the Hon. Andrew Garran, M.A., LL.D., M.L.C., this monumental work chronicles colonial Australian life in extraordinary detail, presenting sweeping landscapes, bustling harbours, and pioneering communities through seven hundred meticulously crafted engravings on steel and wood. From the sun-scorched outback to the thriving port cities of Sydney and Melbourne, the Atlas presents a vivid visual and written record of a continent in the midst of dramatic transformation, capturing the ambitions, hardships, and triumphs of a settler society on the cusp of nationhood. Beyond its extraordinary pictorial record, this volume stands as an irreplaceable primary source for historians, collectors, and Australiana enthusiasts alike. Garran's editorial hand brings scholarly rigour to a work that is simultaneously a celebration and a historical document, illustrating colonial society's self-perception during the years leading up to Federation. The sheer breadth of its coverage — geographic, social, and cultural — renders it an unparalleled window into nineteenth-century Australia, leaving the reader to wonder: how much of that pioneering spirit still echoes in the nation today?
Author: Andrew Garran
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; faded spine.
Few documents capture the raw, ambitious spirit of a young nation quite like Australia the First Hundred Years — a stunning facsimile reproduction of Volumes I and II of the landmark Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, originally published in 1888. Edited by the Hon. Andrew Garran, M.A., LL.D., M.L.C., this monumental work chronicles colonial Australian life in extraordinary detail, presenting sweeping landscapes, bustling harbours, and pioneering communities through seven hundred meticulously crafted engravings on steel and wood. From the sun-scorched outback to the thriving port cities of Sydney and Melbourne, the Atlas presents a vivid visual and written record of a continent in the midst of dramatic transformation, capturing the ambitions, hardships, and triumphs of a settler society on the cusp of nationhood. Beyond its extraordinary pictorial record, this volume stands as an irreplaceable primary source for historians, collectors, and Australiana enthusiasts alike. Garran's editorial hand brings scholarly rigour to a work that is simultaneously a celebration and a historical document, illustrating colonial society's self-perception during the years leading up to Federation. The sheer breadth of its coverage — geographic, social, and cultural — renders it an unparalleled window into nineteenth-century Australia, leaving the reader to wonder: how much of that pioneering spirit still echoes in the nation today?