Richard Siddins of Port Jackson

by Lyndon Rose

Roebuck Society, 1984, [First Edition], ISBN 0909434026, black and white photographic plates, illustrated endpapers (maps), hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little, creasing, rubbing and discolouration, small tears (see photographs)

“Lyndon Rose has published three novels and a non-fiction work on Aboriginal, Polynesian and Melanesian cultures, People in the Sun, and has been president of the Fellowship of Writers, Canberra. As a fifth generation Australian she has been long acquainted with the story of Richard Siddins through a variety of his descendants and her relations.  It was clear, after carrying out a little research, that Siddins stood in his own right as an early merchant sea captain and she has set down his story as a tribute to his contribution to the trade out of Port Jackson in the early days of the Colony.”