The Enterprising Thomas Fitzsimmons of Woodend |
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| Author:
| Burke, Paul |
| ISBN: | 978-0-6454566-0-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2022 |
| Publisher: | Woodend & District Heritage Society
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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'The Enterprising Thomas Fitzsimmons: Adventure and Survival in Colonial Australia', focuses on the pioneer and his family who arrived and settled in Woodend for twenty years from 1852. It traces their origins and movements in the colonies of Moreton Bay, NSW and then Victoria and covers their involvement in local issues such as the railway, Thomas's trial for manslaughter and women's financial vulnerability. Thomas was irrepressibly energetic and entrepreneurial, or 'enterprising' as...
More Description'The Enterprising Thomas Fitzsimmons: Adventure and Survival in Colonial Australia', focuses on the pioneer and his family who arrived and settled in Woodend for twenty years from 1852. It traces their origins and movements in the colonies of Moreton Bay, NSW and then Victoria and covers their involvement in local issues such as the railway, Thomas's trial for manslaughter and women's financial vulnerability. Thomas was irrepressibly energetic and entrepreneurial, or 'enterprising' as they would have said, and reinvented himself a number of times