Life and Adventures: Text Classics
Author: Tim Flannery
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 256
The extraordinary survival story of William Buckley (1780-1856), 'the wild white man?, edited and introduced by Tim Flannery. In 1803 the convict William Buckley, a former soldier, escaped from the first official settlement in Victoria, near Sorrento on Port Phillip Bay. For three decades the 'wild white man? lived with Aborigines around the bay, before giving himself up in 1835. First published in 1852, The Life and Adventures William Buckley is the ultimate survival story of early Australia and provides an extraordinary insight into pre-contact indigenous society.
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 256
The extraordinary survival story of William Buckley (1780-1856), 'the wild white man?, edited and introduced by Tim Flannery. In 1803 the convict William Buckley, a former soldier, escaped from the first official settlement in Victoria, near Sorrento on Port Phillip Bay. For three decades the 'wild white man? lived with Aborigines around the bay, before giving himself up in 1835. First published in 1852, The Life and Adventures William Buckley is the ultimate survival story of early Australia and provides an extraordinary insight into pre-contact indigenous society.
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Author: Tim Flannery
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 256
The extraordinary survival story of William Buckley (1780-1856), 'the wild white man?, edited and introduced by Tim Flannery. In 1803 the convict William Buckley, a former soldier, escaped from the first official settlement in Victoria, near Sorrento on Port Phillip Bay. For three decades the 'wild white man? lived with Aborigines around the bay, before giving himself up in 1835. First published in 1852, The Life and Adventures William Buckley is the ultimate survival story of early Australia and provides an extraordinary insight into pre-contact indigenous society.
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 256
The extraordinary survival story of William Buckley (1780-1856), 'the wild white man?, edited and introduced by Tim Flannery. In 1803 the convict William Buckley, a former soldier, escaped from the first official settlement in Victoria, near Sorrento on Port Phillip Bay. For three decades the 'wild white man? lived with Aborigines around the bay, before giving himself up in 1835. First published in 1852, The Life and Adventures William Buckley is the ultimate survival story of early Australia and provides an extraordinary insight into pre-contact indigenous society.
Life and Adventures: Text Classics