Port Phillip Gentlemen
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A richly detailed work of Australian social history, Port Phillip Gentlemen chronicles the lives and ambitions of the squatting class who shaped the early pastoral society of the Port Phillip district — the region that would become Victoria — during the 1830s and 1840s. Paul de Serville presents a compelling portrait of these well-bred British immigrants who brought with them the manners, pretensions, and social codes of the English gentry, transplanting them onto the rugged Australian frontier. With meticulous scholarship and an elegant prose style, the work illustrates the tensions between gentlemanly ideals and colonial realities, revealing how class, land, and ambition intersected in the formative years of European settlement. Drawing on letters, diaries, and contemporary accounts, de Serville details a fascinating social world in which the pursuit of respectability was as fierce as the competition for land.
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Condition remarks:
Condition: vg. Jacket: vg. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact and firm.
A richly detailed work of Australian social history, Port Phillip Gentlemen chronicles the lives and ambitions of the squatting class who shaped the early pastoral society of the Port Phillip district — the region that would become Victoria — during the 1830s and 1840s. Paul de Serville presents a compelling portrait of these well-bred British immigrants who brought with them the manners, pretensions, and social codes of the English gentry, transplanting them onto the rugged Australian frontier. With meticulous scholarship and an elegant prose style, the work illustrates the tensions between gentlemanly ideals and colonial realities, revealing how class, land, and ambition intersected in the formative years of European settlement. Drawing on letters, diaries, and contemporary accounts, de Serville details a fascinating social world in which the pursuit of respectability was as fierce as the competition for land.
