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A country to be reckoned with : the true story of Australia's pioneer stock agent / Patsy Trench.

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ISBN	9780993453724
Author	Trench, Patsy (author.)
Title	A country to be reckoned with : the true story of Australia's pioneer stock agent / Patsy Trench.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	London : Prefab Publications, 2018.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	©2018
Description	342 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
Summary	'In the 19th century Australia went from a penal colony struggling to survive to a thriving, prosperous community with a glowing future. George Matcham Pitt's life spanned the best part of that century. A larger than life character with a booming voice and fondness for quoting from classic poets, GM, as he was known, began as a working farmer on the Hawkesbury and wne t on to become an auctioneer, landowner and founder of one of Australia's first and best-known stock and station agents, Pitt, Son & Badgery. Friend to everyone bar politicians, GM had close family contacts with Aboriginal people and even closer connections with convicts'--back cover.
Subjects	Pitt, G. M.(George Matcham),1814?-1896
	Pitt family
	Pitt, Son & Badgery (firm)
	Stock and station agents -- Australia -- Biography
	Pioneers and pioneer life -- Australia
	Animal industry -- Australia -- History
	Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia
	Pioneers -- Australia -- Biography
Call number	2019.004

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00820360	2019.004	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .