Mangrove Creek 1951: A Day With The Hawkesbury River Postman
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: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the summer of 1951, photographers Axel and Roslyn Poignant embarked on a remarkable documentary journey along the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, capturing a single extraordinary day in the life of the local postman as he navigated the winding waterways of Mangrove Creek to deliver mail to isolated rural communities. Mangrove Creek 1951: A Day with the Hawkesbury River Postman is a stunning photographic chronicle of a vanishing way of life — a world where the river was the road, and the postman was a lifeline connecting remote settlers to the wider world. Through their masterful black-and-white photography, the Poignants present an intimate and deeply human portrait of mid-twentieth-century Australian rural life, illustrating the resilience, warmth, and quiet dignity of the people who called these riverbanks home. Their work stands as an important document of Australian social history, preserving a fleeting moment before modernisation swept these communities into another era. Rich with authenticity and quiet storytelling power, this volume leaves the reader wondering what else was quietly disappearing from the Australian landscape, one river bend at a time.
Author: Axel & Roslyn Poignant
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the summer of 1951, photographers Axel and Roslyn Poignant embarked on a remarkable documentary journey along the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, capturing a single extraordinary day in the life of the local postman as he navigated the winding waterways of Mangrove Creek to deliver mail to isolated rural communities. Mangrove Creek 1951: A Day with the Hawkesbury River Postman is a stunning photographic chronicle of a vanishing way of life — a world where the river was the road, and the postman was a lifeline connecting remote settlers to the wider world. Through their masterful black-and-white photography, the Poignants present an intimate and deeply human portrait of mid-twentieth-century Australian rural life, illustrating the resilience, warmth, and quiet dignity of the people who called these riverbanks home. Their work stands as an important document of Australian social history, preserving a fleeting moment before modernisation swept these communities into another era. Rich with authenticity and quiet storytelling power, this volume leaves the reader wondering what else was quietly disappearing from the Australian landscape, one river bend at a time.