Queensland Geographical Journal; 26Th-27Th Sessions 1910-1912 (Volume Xxvi-Vii) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789354212277)

A rare window onto Queensland's formative years. Vital reading for curious minds. Queensland Geographical Journal, 26th-27th Sessions 1910-1912 gathers the proceedings and papers from the Geographical Society's meetings across a decisive moment in early twentieth century Australia. As an Australian geography journal and a record of scientific society proceedings, it unites field observations, survey summaries and reasoned analysis that chronicle Queensland exploration history and debates in regional land studies. Read in sequence, the material functions like a restrained historical travel anthology: practical field notes sit alongside methodical argument, together revealing the observational habits and institutional priorities of colonial era publications. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. The book's historical significance is direct: researchers and historians will find an academic reference collection and an Australian studies resource rich in contemporaneous evidence, offering surveying practice, settlement pressures and environmental description from the 1910s. Casual readers drawn to exploration narratives will appreciate the immediacy of the reports; classic-literature collectors and libraries will prize the volume as a curated artefact of a bygone intellectual culture. Detailed geographical society records and methodical regional studies make this edition useful for postgraduate study, local-history projects and anyone tracing the trajectories of Queensland's landscape and communities. Librarians and curators will value the edition as a sturdy reference addition; students and independent scholars will draw on its contemporaneous observations for essays and theses. Map enthusiasts and historical geographers will note the place-names and distributional references that survive as clues to vanished routes and settlements. Ideal for university reading lists and local-history enthusiasts alike. A measured record that rewards reexamination and reinterpretation. Elegant in its utility, this restored volume rewards close reading and sits firmly between a work of scholarly utility and a collectible witness to Australia's formative research traditions.

Author: J. P. Thomson
ISBN-10: 9354212271
ISBN-13: 9789354212277
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Language: English
Published: 10/11/2020
Pages: 672
Format: Paperback
Weight: 3.38lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.35d