xxvii, 402 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 28 cm
Summary
The letters of Walter and Mary Richardson, which form the basis for their daughter's [Henry Handel Richardson] trilogy "the Fortunes of Richard Mahony" , are published here. Early pioneer links of Walter's family to Western Australia and Tasmania are researched. There are also letters from Lucinda Cheyne and Elizabeth Bailey and their mothers, and from family members and acquaintances