Founders of Australia is two books in one volume - a valuable account of exploration and foundation of European settlement in Australia, together with a fine record of many pioneering families.
Book 1 - The Story of Australia: Its Discoveries and Founders - This surveys the search for and exploration of Australia, the coming of the English and early settlement, home rule, the story of sheep, the era of gold and more.
Book 2 - The Founders of Australia and their Descendants - This is a goldmine of information! This section consists of over 530 pages of biographical details of many of the early pioneering families, mainly from South Australia and Victoria. Each biography is several pages long, and often includes photos.
Each gives details of the emigrant/s and how they came to Australia. It also tells of their family and occupations, where they lived, or owned land and much more. Sometimes details such as death (date, place, cause), education, extended family members, neighbours, friends etc. are also included. Click here to download a sample file (1.4MB) containing the title page, contents, sample pages from the body of the book and Index. This requires Adobe Reader to view. (right click on the link and select save as - then load the saved file to view) The whole text is searchable. Search for any word in the text - names, places and more. High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book. This CD can be viewed by any computer using Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 4 or later recommended). The data on this CD is completely self-contained, and requires no installation. System Requirements: Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT or better, CD-ROM drive, Adobe Acrobat. Also suitable for Macintosh or Unix operating systems.
Summary by Archive CD Books Australia
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| Item Number: | 113-AU0018 |
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CD-WIN/MAC
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Pages:
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736
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Pub. Date:
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(1937?) 2005
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Author:
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A. Kenyon
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1920978992
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may require approximately 2 weeks to ship
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Archive CD Books
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| List Price: | 25.95 |
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$21.57
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