Wallamba, Manning, Camden Haven and Hastings Rivers. From Cape Hawke to Port Macquarie. Inscribed 'To H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 23rd June 1920 with best wishes for a Happy Birthday from a loyal subject of King George V'.

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Wallamba, Manning, Camden Haven and Hastings Rivers. From Cape Hawke to Port Macquarie. Issued January 1919. Published by Will. G. Hopper, Taree, 1/1/19. Inscribed 'To H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 23rd June 1920 with best wishes for a Happy Birthday from a loyal subject of King George V'. The book came with a photo album that was presented to Prince Edward's brother, Prince Henry, the Duke of Gloucester, during his 1934 Visit to Australia & New Zealand. Softcover. 12 x 19 cm. 112 pages. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs alongside period local adverts etc. Foreword: 'This booklet is being published under the joint auspices of the Manning and Wallamba, and Wingham and Upper Manning Tourist Associations. Its object is to make as widely known as possible, from the industrial and scenic points of view, the coastal district from the Wallamba River in the south to the Hastings River in the north. This includes the whole of the wonderfully fertile and prosperous Manning River District. It is felt that at present too little is known throughout the State both, of the magnificent scenery of this part of N.S.W. and the great possibilities for industrial and commercial development now and in the immediate future. At the present time it is a land veritably flowing with milk and honey, but it is only just emerging from the pioneering stage. To meet the demands of the future, Australians will have to make their country more productive. The Manning has great potentialities in this respect. To further the object of the book the compilers have undertaken to describe the wealth of natural beauty abounding on all sides and to give an account not only of the industries at present in full swing buy to say something of the possibilities of others hardly yet started. It is felt that as a health and a pleasure resort the district is second to none, while to the intending settler it should appeal with great force. To bring prominently to the front the claims of the district in these two respects is the aim.' Binding sound and contents clean and complete. Closed tear to top of spine.Light wear and some discolouration and few marks to covers. Four penned notes including 'n.s. Wales Views australia' to front' and Photo 'A Wallamba Family Ready for the Evening Dip' on page 27 has been marked with an 'X' and 'Killed at the war'. Staples rusty but holding. Tear to top of advert page 109. An interesting little booklet with a significant association. N° de ref. del artículo 000709

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