Richard Allen, Kimbal Baker

More Great Properties of Country Victoria: The Western District's Golden Age

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating and beautiful book, sequel to the bestselling Great Properties of Country Victoria, takes us into the private world of twelve notable properties. Through their early histories we follow their fortunes; extraordinary tales of hardship, risk and reward; and through the photographs see the splendour of great homes that have been lovingly and carefully maintained and restored.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Melbourne University
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 1324g
• ISBN-13: 9780522872392
• ISBN-10: 0522872395
• Artikelnr.: 54720919

Autorenporträt

Richard Allen has been a writer for more than 30 years and has written on a wide variety of subjects for TheAustralian Financial Review, TheAge, The Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend, Sunday Telegraph (UK) and BRW. His previous books include Shimmering Spokes: One Australian's 16,000 Kilometre Odyssey, Recollections of a Remarkable Age, Australia's Remarkable Trees, The Spirit of Golf and How It Applies to Life, Great Properties of Country Victoria: The Western District's Golden Age, and The Royal Melbourne Golf Club-125 Years.Kimbal Baker is a Melbourne-based freelance photographer who has worked for ACP Publications and Agence France Presse. His photographs have appeared in numerous books. This book is his fourth collaboration with Richard Allen, and follows Australia's Remarkable Trees, Great Properties of Country Victoria: The Western District's Golden Age and The Courses of The Royal Melbourne Golf Club. Australia Post featured several of his photographs of Australian trees in a series of postage stamps and first day covers. His images have been archived in the National Library of Australi