Advance Australia! An Account of Eight Years' Work ,
Wandering and Amusement, in Queensland, New South Wales
and Victoria. The Hon. Harold Finch-Hatton.
Pub. W.H. Allen, London 1886 (second edition) 347pp. including Index, plus 48 pages of advertisements. 14 black & white plates.
Sections include gold digging, Aboriginal lore, pleasures of the Bush and station life on his brother's property west of MacKay. Finch Hatton was an educated (Eton) observer. Many of the plates (fairly ‘crude' sketches likely by the author), feature Aboriginals.
Original red cloth boards with gilt embossed Advance Australia Coat of Arms have bumped and worn corners. Gilt title to faded spine, 1886 owners neat name to top of ffep. Some plates are loose and have ‘Campbelltown Free Library' stamp verso. Crack and loosening to the binding of one section. (20x14cm)

Estimate $80-120