The Kangaroo Islanders : a story of South Australia before colonisation 1823 / W.A. Cawthorne ; edited and introduced by Rick Hosking.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cawthorne, W. A. (William Alexander), author.

Contributor:

Hosking, Rick, editor, writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colonists--Australia--Fiction.

Colonists.

Aboriginal Australians--Fiction.

Aboriginal Australians.

History.

South Australia.

Australia.

Kangaroo Island (S.A.)--Fiction.

Kangaroo Island (S.A.).

South Australia--History--19th century--Fiction.

South Australia--Kangaroo Island.

Genre:

Fiction.

Australian fiction.

Historical fiction.

History.

Novels.

Physical Description:

xii, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Mile End, South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2020.

Summary:

Written in the mid-1850s before any official or more orthodox history of the South Australian colony had appeared, The Kangaroo Islanders is one of the few colonial novels that represents in fleeting glimpses some of the improvisational and interactive encounters between the colonisers and the colonised on the edges of the island continent. Rick Hosking has annotated the book extensively with absorbing historical information and fascinating details of personalities and events. Author W.A. Cawthorne was also an artist, and this new edtion of his book includes colour reproductions of some of his best watercolours.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781862546554

186254655X

OCLC:

1157339317

Publisher Number:

99985422224