Come Wind, Come Weather. A Biography of Alfred Howitt.

xi, 348pp, index, references, appendices, bw ills, maps. Red cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with darkened spine, 1 short tear to top front, light toning to page edges. Alfred Howitt visited Victoria with his father during the gold rushes and stayed to become one of the most vigorous and interesting Australians of his time. He was the bushman who found the disastrous Burke and Wills expedition and rescued its sole survivor. As explorer and geologist he mapped north Gippsland. Also an anthropologist, naturalist, farmer and police magistrate he was honored by Cambridge for his scientific accomplishments, and rewarded with high administrative posts in government for his practical capabilites. Size: 8vo.