Tom Petrie’s Reminiscences of Early Queensland; (Dating from 1837) / Recorded by his daughter.
Brisbane/Sydney: Watson, Ferguson & Co., 1904. First Edition. Octavo (22.2 x 14cm), xxvi, 318pp : errata slip : 17 illustrations as called for (photographs, sketches, fold-out plan of Brisbane), original green cloth covers with lettering in black. Head and tail of spine pushed and abraded, corners bumped; some tide marks to outer margins. Good. Item #15901
Tom Petrie (1831-1910) was born in Edinburgh and moved to Sydney with his parents the same year. In 1837 he moved to Brisbane with his parents where he was schooled by a convict clerk and allowed to associate freely with the local Aboriginal children. He learned the language of the traditional owners of the Brisbane area, Turrbul, and was considered a friend to the Aboriginals who included him in local activities, even taking him (aged 14) on the triennial walkabout to the feast at the Bunya Range.
Price: $750.00