Taming the North

The book is the story of Mr and Mrs Alexander Kennedy, pioneers of Western Queensland. It provides a context to Fysh’s attempts to get QANTAS off the ground. It is a contemporary account from Fysh’s pen of the environment in which he launched QANTAS. Includes a chapter on the habit of the Kalkadoon tribe.

Publisher: Angus and Robertson
Date Published: 1950
Book Condition: A good hardcover minus the dust jacket. Some minor edge and surface wear to boards. Fading to spine. Some minor tears to joins between pastedowns and endpapers. Previous owner’s name on the half-title page. A clean and tight copy internally.