Henry Hellyer's Observations - softcover

Henry Hellyer arrived in Van Diemen's Land in March 1826 as chief surveyor and architect for the newly-formed Van Diemen's Land Company, and spent the following years exploring and mapping the rugged, then little-known interior of the island's north-west. He named landmarks including St Valentines Peak, Black Bluff, and the Hampshire and Surrey Hills, built the first road through the dense bush of the region, and designed the historic Highfield House at Stanley — as well as being among the first Europeans to sight Cradle Mountain.

This book, edited by Bertram Thomas, presents Hellyer's own journals from 1826–27, written in the bush as he made these journeys. Hellyer died in 1832, shortly before he was due to take up a new post as government surveyor.

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BOOK DETAILS

• Softcover book.
• Published 2011.
• 223-pages, indexed.
• Illustrated with a few black and white and colour images.

CONDITION
New - unused, but has a little shelfwear to the cover.

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