Down the Darling, The Charles Bayliss Photographs
by Jeffcoat, Kevin and Byron, Sandra
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0724038523
- ISBN 13
- 9780724038527
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Parramatta, NSW : Heritage Committee, Department of Water Resources NSW, 2991. First edition . Softcover (A4 landscape) . Good Condition. A4 Landscape. Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean Beautifully presented selection of photographs taken by Charles Bayliss in the Darling River area during the 1880s. Includes an introduction, brief biography of Bayliss, a map of the area, explanations of the photographs and contemporary photographs of the sites. Bayliss took these photographs of a flooded Darling river, the countryside, the local stations and their homesteads in 1886, when the pastoralists were raising sheep. Sepia-toned photographs, B & W photos and map illustration
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56453
- Title
- Down the Darling, The Charles Bayliss Photographs
- Author
- Jeffcoat, Kevin and Byron, Sandra
- Format/Binding
- Softcover (A4 landscape)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0724038523
- ISBN 13
- 9780724038527
- Publisher
- Heritage Committee, Department of Water Resources NSW
- Place of Publication
- Parramatta, NSW
- Date Published
- 2991
- Pages
- 52
- Size
- A4 Landscape
- Keywords
- Australian History - New South Wales Darling River, stations, paddle-steamers, aboriginals, Charles Bayliss
- X weight
- 300 kg
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