Kangaroo Islanders

Written in the mid-1850s before any official or more orthodox history of the South Australian colony had appeared, The Kangaroo Islanders is one of the few colonial novels that represents in fleeting glimpses some of the improvisational and interactive encounters between the colonisers and the colonised on the edges of the island continent. Rick Hosking has annotated the book extensively with absorbing historical information and fascinating details of personalities and events. Author W.A. Cawthorne was also an artist, and this new edtion of his book includes colour reproductions of some of his best watercolours.