REMINISCENCES OF FIFTY YEARS’ RESIDENCE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

First Edition. A record of the author’s life in Western Australia in the second half of the nineteenth century. Much on the development of the colony and of the Catholic Church. Joseph Thomas Reilly (1836-1915), was an Irishman who spent part of his childhood in India, before leaving Ireland after the famine of 1849. His family sailed on the Pyrenees in 1851, and Reilly had a long and prosperous career in the west as a journalist and founding editor of the Western Australian Catholic Record. 54 photographic plates of significant historical interest. Very scarce. Acceptable signs of age: 54 full page b/w. illustrations, original green cloth spine, with original printed paper covered boards, boards a little worn, front hinge a little weak, otherwise a good copy of a very scarce book. (view image). Catholic Church, Catholic Education, Aboriginal Studies interest Aborigines, Indigenous, Education, 261014(Please note: Over standard weight. Orders may incur additional postage charges. We will contact you prior to processing order to request your approval or contact us to confirm postage cost.)