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Book Folio, hardcover, near fine in near fine red pictorial dj. Queensland, Australia. a popular history of study of the Gold Coast, from the early 19th century, when John Oxley set out to find the mouth of a large river that flowed into Moreton Bay, to the present day. The discussion of the early days is a chronological exposition of the exploration and the 1st settlements on the coast. This account of the period of the 1920s is a fascinating story of the gradual growth of commercial centres, ports and communications in an area. The 2nd chapter discusses the vegetation that was native to the coastal strip and the different eco-systems throughout the strip and the adjoining hinterland. --Following the introduction, the chapters cover the Physical environment; Discovery; The early days; The Twenties and Thirties; From the Forties to the Eighties; Industrial development; and Entertainment, recreation etc. 152 pages, indexed. Endpapers show bathers from the 1920's in old bathing suits.
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Very Good in Near Very Good jacket. 4to. 152pp, 16pp section of colour photos, illustrated throughout in b/w, index, illustrated end-papers. Red papered boards in jacket which is faded at the spine and edges (this title particularly prone to fading and this one still brighter than usually found), light foxing to endpapers and top edge, a couple of spots to fore-edge. Following the introduction, the chapters cover the Physical environment; Discovery; The early days; The Twenties and Thirties; From the Forties to the Eighties; Industrial development; and Entertainment, recreation.