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The Life and Adventures of William Buckley

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Author: John Morgan, Tim Flannery and William Buckley  

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The extraordinary survival story of William Buckley (1780-1856), 'the wild white man', edited and introduced by Tim Flannery.

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The extraordinary survival story of William Buckley (1780-1856), 'the wild white man', edited and introduced by Tim Flannery.

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‘At 2.00 pm on Sunday, 6 July 1835, a giant of a man shambled into the camp left by John Batman at Indented Head near Geelong…’

In 1803 the convict William Buckley, a former soldier, escaped from the first official settlement in Victoria, near Sorrento on Port Phillip Bay. For three decades the ‘wild white man’ lived with Aborigines around the bay, before giving himself up in 1835. First published in 1852, The Life and Adventures of William Buckley is the ultimate survival story of early Australia and provides an extraordinary insight into pre-contact indigenous society.

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Critic Reviews

“'This account, in Buckley's words...has all the elements of a Boy's Own yarn: convicts, savages, privations, wars, cannibalism, survival, treachery and the founding of a colony.'”

‘This account, in Buckley’s words…has all the elements of a Boy’s Own yarn: convicts, savages, privations, wars, cannibalism, survival, treachery and the founding of a colony.’ Herald Sun
‘Flannery has done us a service first by reissuing the story of a fascinating adventure from 200 years ago, and then by setting these events in perspective with his lucid introduction.’ Canberra Times

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About the Author

Tim Flannery has published over thirty books, including the award-winning The Future Eaters, The Weather Makers and Here on Earth and the novel The Mystery of the Venus Island Fetish. In 2005 he was named Australian Humanist of the Year and in 2007 Australian of the Year. In 2007 he co-founded and was appointed Chair of the Copenhagen Climate Council. In 2011 he became Australia’s Chief Climate Commissioner, and in 2013 he founded the Australian Climate Council.

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Product Details

Publisher
Text Publishing | The Text Publishing Company
Published
2nd October 2017
Pages
256
ISBN
9781925603170

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