Colonial frontiers and family fortunes by Jane Beer, Charles Fahey, Patricia Grimshaw, Melanie Raymond, Jane Marjorie
SKU: B-000759

Colonial frontiers and family fortunes

Authors: Jane Beer , Charles Fahey , Patricia Grimshaw , Melanie Raymond , Jane Marjorie
Special Features: Illustrated
Condition: Minor spotting on front cover around title. One minor stain on the inner front cover. Pages are all neat, clean and tidy. From a smoke free home.

Biography & Memoir History Australiana

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Colonial Frontiers and Family Fortunes gathers Jane Beer, Charles Fahey, Patricia Grimshaw, Melanie Raymond and Jane Marjorie for a vivid group portrait of colonial Australia. This 1989 illustrated paperback from the University of Melbourne tracks ordinary settlers, convicts and entrepreneurs whose choices still shape modern Victoria.

Ideal for students of Australian history or biography lovers, the book blends rigorous scholarship with true-life stories that read like fiction. Vintage photographs and maps bring the colonial frontier to life without overwhelming the narrative pace.

The copy shows gentle ageing: light spotting near the title on the front cover and a small stain inside the front board, yet every page remains crisp, unmarked and smoke-free. A tidy addition to any Australiana or reference shelf.

Own a piece of Melbourne publishing history—Colonial Frontiers and Family Fortunes offers an accessible gateway into convict life, land grabs and family ambition on the nineteenth-century frontier.