The subtitle of this book is 'An Official publication for the information of commercial men, tourists and immigrants' this book was published by the Western Australian Government in 1912. The aim in it's publication was to present a accurate and impartial account of Western Australia's past and present.
The book is a general, and wide ranging account of the states history, natural features, resources and development, and includes chapters on Western Australia's 'awakening' and growth, land, industries (including: wheat, dairy, fruit growing as well as winemaking and pearling) climate, infrastructure, wild flowers and the people. It also includes specific chapters: 'For the Immigrant' and 'Tourist resorts'.
This book includes the original colour map, colour plates of WA wildflowers, many photographs and clearly divided easy to read sections which make this book is a wonderfully useful and interesting overview of life in Western Australia in the early 20th Century.
The information in this book is useful to anyone interested in life in early Western Australia.
CONDITION: the book is in reasonable condition, and has all pages intact, together with its original cover. It does however have new endpapers. The cloth cover is starting to show some wear on the edges, and has a few marks on it. The inside covers contain pencil marks from a dealer, and the name of a previous owner in ink. The only real sign of age inside the book is the tissue paper between dividing two photo pages throughout, has aged and gone brown.
