Physical description

Small octavo, paperback.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Inscribed in blue ink on front facing page, 'Hilary Arnott 3rd Class' with pencilled price & listing by later seller of '$40 AUST/621D'.

Summary

A typical period history with the emphasis on the European colonial Catholic story. It was written by Agatha Le Breton in 1913 & this edition published in 1927. It briefly traces Australian European history to the 15th and 16th centuries then De Quiros and Torres etc, emphasising that Captain Cook, 'Did not really find it.' This edition includes the Sydney International Congress of 1928 and the opening of the Federal Capital Canberra with the opening Mass there by the Papal Nuncio,