The Australian squatter, pastoralist and member of the Legislative Assembly, Allan Macpherson shares his experience in this historical novel on nineteenth century life as a settler. Born in Scotland, Macpherson moved to Sydney with his parents as a boy in 1829, where he attended Cape's School and later squatted on the rural properties of Keera near Bingara, New South Wales and Mount Abundance near Roma in Queensland. Macpherson's account of his experiences as a squatter, relives his constant conflicts with the Aboriginal peoples of the Mandandanji nation, an indigenous Australian people of Queensland.

More than 200 years after Joseph Banks' global tour we can still appreciate the magic of wonder, the motivation of thousands of tourists each year who seek out natural beauties. This beautiful book will appeal to those who enjoy their history placed in the best possible surrounds.

Aborigines. Kanakas. Chinese. White Australia policy.__

Comprehensive guide to published Australian autobiographical writing which deals with life in Australia up to 1850. Entries are listed alphabetically by author's name. Includes three separate indexes to personal names, places and subjects. Walsh has worked on numerous Australian reference publications. Hooton teaches English at the Australian Defence Force Academy and is co-author of 'The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature' (1985); Walsh is assisting her in preparing a new edition.

Gordon Reid has made a detailed examination of efforts to help the Aborigines, from the arrival of the first missionaries in the Moreton Bay district in 1838 to the implementation of the 1897 act. He shows why efforts by men of goodwill were rejected throughout the years and why, by contrast, the Meston system was adopted.