History of South Australia. A Romantic and Successful Experiment in Colonisation
1911réf. 146904Adelaide: Hussey and Gillingham 1911. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Hussey and Gillingham 1911 'Second edition - revised enlarged and continued to a later period'/ 1907. Octavo xxiv 480 pages with 39 plates and a map. Gilt-decorated red cloth slightly flecked and bumped; spine lightly sunned; minimal signs of age and handling; a very good copy. 'Presented by the Author to Mr. Stephen King at the Stuart Jubilee Celebration July 25th 1912. John Blacket' is inscribed on the front pastedown. The rear free endpaper has a small circular inkstamp for the 'Stephen King - Stuart Collection'. Stephen King Jr 1841-1915 was the surveyor and unofficial artist on John McDouall Stuart's sixth and final expedition the party of ten made the first successful return crossing of the continent of Australia from south to north in 1862. Later occasional reunions took place in Adelaide; four of the five survivors were present at the golden jubilee celebrations in 1912 King W.P. Auld Heath Nash and J. McGorrey. J.W. Billiatt 1863-1919 King's cousin and brother-in-law had returned to live in England in 1900; he was the last survivor. Hussey and Gillingham hardcover
