Description
The Land of the Sun
Author: E.J. Brady
Hard cover, good condition. First edition (1924).
The Land of the Sun (1924) by E. J. Brady is a richly descriptive travel and regional study of northern Queensland, written by the celebrated Australian journalist, poet, and author after an extended tour of the region. Blending travel narrative with history, geography, economics, and social observation, Brady explores Queensland's tropical coast, inland settlements, mining districts, sugar plantations, cattle stations, and rainforests, highlighting both the beauty of the landscape and the opportunities it offered for development. He introduces readers to the people who shaped the region—including pioneers, farmers, miners, Indigenous Australians, and entrepreneurs—while discussing the challenges of life in the tropics and the economic potential of agriculture, mining, and commerce. Illustrated with photographs and accompanied by a fold-out map of Queensland, The Land of the Sun reflects the optimism of the early twentieth century and remains a valuable historical record of northern Queensland during a period of rapid growth and transformation. (historyvictoria.org.au)
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