Up Came A Squatter. Niel Black of Glenormiston, 1839-1880

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: NewSouth
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2016
Edition: First Edition

Description: 318 pages. Ex-Library. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Niel Black, a Scot from Argyllshire, arrived in Melbourne in September intending to make his fortune. Ambitious and determined, Black became one of the most successful and energetic squatters in the Western District of Victoria - a livestock breeder and a Member of the Legislative Council. He was also a correspondent extraordinaire, and his letters to family, fellow pastoralists, colonial officials, and his chief UK business partner, Thomas Steuart Gladstone (and first cousin of the British prime minister), offer a unique insight into the time. Blacks letters and journals, now held at the State Library of Victoria, are the inspiration for this revelatory book written by his great-granddaughter.

ISBN: 9781742235066