Country Life in Old Australia by Geoffrey Dutton
Country Life in Old Australia by Geoffrey Dutton
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Country Life in Old Australia
by Geoffrey Dutton
Viking O’Neil, Penguin Books, 1987, ISBN 0670900141, sepia photographs throughout, black and white photographic endpapers, black and white photographic two-page title page, large hardcover, dustjacket
Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners’ inscription on front endpaper, dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing, bumping, chipping, and some discolouration (see photographs)
“…a picture collection selected from many photograph archives, revives images of such things as ploughing matches, general stores, jinkers, coaches and bullock wagons, shearing sheds and butter factories, town parades, picnics and greyhound coursing.
What might be seen to be a ‘golden age’ in Australian life is further defined by well-known Australian author Geoffrey Dutton. His introduction points to the historic significance of the camera in providing a record of a otherwise forgotten era…
We see the Australians of pioneering days – the tenacious timber cutters, gold prospectors and quarry workmen, the itinerant shearers, the handsome young men and women enjoying their picnic parties, the solemn family groups, the whole community turned out before the new hotel, and the children arrayed before their tiny bushland school…”
