On the Wool Track

by C.E.W. Bean (Creator)

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

350 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1910

About the author

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_...

Official historian of Australia's involvement in World War I.

C.E.W. Bean (Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean)wrote the first 6 volumes of the Official History.

The official history has been digitised and is available:
http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/first...

Reviews

[Stephen Whiteside · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an amazing book. I only knew C. E. W. Bean as a World War One historian. I did not know until recently that he had written a book about the Australian wool industry. He must have been a remarkably astute observer, as well as a person who could absorb and integrate vast amounts of information in a short space of time, because I cannot believe he spent more than a relatively short time visiting the Australian outback.

Even though the book is non-fiction, it reads more like fiction in many ways. There is no attempt made to reference anything, and there are a number of memorable descriptive passages. The book gives the impression that it has been written from memory, driven by a powerful and unfailing sense of intuition. It works superbly as a document that records a critical chapter in the history of Australia that has now well and truly passed.