Historical information
"L. L. Smith, medico, writer, publisher, politician, litigant, showman, speculator, collector, vigneron, farmer, breeder and rider of racehorses, guiding hand for thirty year of Melbourne's great exhibition complex." - publisher's website.
Instrumental in having Phillip island opened for selection in 1868.
Physical description
2 v. box : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, protraits ; 24cm.
Inscriptions & markings
Inscribed : To the Phillip Island Historical Society from Gillian and Norman Gengoult Smith, the grandson of Dr L. L. Smith whoe's [sic] 10 year battle in the Victorian Parliament for the cause was instrumental in having Phillip island opened for settlement
Signed by the author : John Poynter
