Tom Petrie’s Reminiscences of Early Queensland

by Constance Campbell Petrie

University of Queensland Press, 1992, ISBN 0702223832, paperback

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, ex library with stamps and sticker residue to front and back inside covers, age toned pages (see photographs)

“Written by Constance Campbell Petrie, this invaluable work of social history vividly describes life in the Moreton Bay penal settlement from the 1830s.  Tom was over sixty years old when he told his life story to his daughter Constance.  As a member of one of Brisbane’s founding families, he grew up on the colonial frontier.  His eyewitnesses account of the family’s early days in Brisbane Town is unmatched for its lively historical detail.  Tom had a lifelong friendship with the Aborigines, and he tells of their material, culture, customs and beliefs.  In writing this book, Constance and Tom tried to correct some of the popular stereotypes about Aboriginal people
This new edition of Tom Petrie’s Reminiscences of Early Queensland features and illuminating and challenging introduction by Mark Cryle, which reveals the first published details of the life of the author, Constance Campbell Petrie.”