The Norfolk Settlers of Norfolk Island and Van Diemen's Land - Abel family & connections: Triffitt, Hay, Gill, Foster, Eddington, Hudson & more, signed & numbered 65/500 | Peter C Sims | 1987 [USED – HCDJ – worn/torn dustjacket, creased pages]

This is Part 2 of Peter C Sims's history of the Abel family, continuing from The Abel Family Part 1, also in our stock. It traces the Norfolk Island settlers and their Van Diemen's Land descendants in extensive detail: William Abel and Mary Ann Morey's origins in England and early days at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island; the family's move to Van Diemen's Land and settlement at Hobart Town and Elizabeth Town; the King's Head Inn at Bagdad and Valleyfield, New Norfolk; and generations of descendants and their connections by marriage across many Tasmanian families and beyond, including the Triffitt family of Victoria and NSW, the Hay family at Back River, New Norfolk, the Gill family among the pioneers of Scottsdale, the Foster family among the first West Coasters of Tasmania, the Eddington family in Hobart and Western Australia, gold discoveries in Daylesford, Victoria and on New Zealand's goldfields, the Sky, Williams, Triffitt, Richards, Geard, Clark, Blyth, Stephens, Chesterman and Hudson families, farming, hotel-keeping, tin mining and railway work across Tasmania, NSW and Queensland, and the Hudson family of Ipswich and Sydney.

Numbered 65 of a limited edition of 500. Signed by the author.

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BOOK DETAILS

• Large hardcover book with dustjacket
• Published 1987. Now out of print
• 355-pages, indexed
• Approximate size 21.5cm x 30cm
• Illustrated with black/white photos throughout.

CONDITION

Used condition. Dustjacket is worn and torn with tape repairs. Cover good. Vertical creases down the centre of pages at the front of the book (from the beginning to page 6).

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