Harry Heathcote of Gangoil

First published in 1873 as a Christmas story, this novella follows Harry Heathcote, a young English squatter on a Queensland cattle run, through heat, isolation, and a quarrel with neighbouring free selectors whom he suspects of wanting to burn him out. His wife, her sister, and a few riders keep the station; a German neighbour and a former convict complicate loyalty. A bushfire and a Christmas gathering bring the conflict to a head. The book is a colonial station tale, not a political history of Australian land law.

Quarter-bound in light blue buckram blocked with a black and gilt design, cream paper covers. Blue slipcase.