Mister Neville: A BiographyAuber Octavius Neville (1875-1954) was one of scores of young British men of 'good standing but slender means' who looked to a future beyond their own shores. Arriving in Western Australia in 1897, aged twenty-two, to join his brothers, he was part of the great movement of English clerks into the Colonial Civil Services. Pat Jacobs, through skilled and careful use of original sources, gives a convincing sense of a man and the context in which he lived and acted. Mister Nevilleis also, obliquely, a comment on the process of history. |
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| Titel | Mister Neville: A Biography |
| Författare | Pat Jacobs |
| Utgivare | Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1990 |
| Original från | University of Michigan |
| Digitaliserad | 6 dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0949206725, 9780949206725 |
| Längd | 347 sidor |
| Exportera citat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |