Up came a squatter: Niel Black of Glenormiston, 1839-1880

Niel Black, a Scot from Argyllshire, arrived in Melbourne in September intending to make his fortune. Ambitious and determined, Black became one of the most successful and energetic squatters in the Western District of Victoria - a livestock breeder and a Member of the Legislative Council. He was al...

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1. Verfasser: Black, Maggie 1945- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Sydney, N.S.W. NewSouth Publishing 2016
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Zusammenfassung:Niel Black, a Scot from Argyllshire, arrived in Melbourne in September intending to make his fortune. Ambitious and determined, Black became one of the most successful and energetic squatters in the Western District of Victoria - a livestock breeder and a Member of the Legislative Council. He was also a correspondent extraordinaire, and his letters to family, fellow pastoralists, colonial officials, and his chief UK business partner, Thomas Steuart Gladstone (and first cousin of the British prime minister), offer a unique insight into the time. Black's letters and journals, now held at the State Library of Victoria, are the inspiration for this revelatory book written by his great-granddaughter. Battles with local Aboriginal people, other settlers, Commissioners of Crown Lands and bush-fires, along with droughts, family feuds, multiple trips back to Scotland to find a wife and Black's rise to gentrified excess are all vividly brought to life
Beschreibung:x, 318 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits 24 cm
ISBN:9781742235066
1742235069

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