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Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2012. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 195mm x 235mm. Light general wear to jacket. No tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 247pp.

UNSW Press, Sydney, NSW, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First Vintage explores the forgotten history of the early Australian wine industry. Few people know that vine cuttings were brought to Australia on the First Fleet and planted in Governor Arthur Phillip’s garden at Circular Quay, or that botanist and champion of colonial development Joseph Banks encouraged plans to create a wine industry from the earliest years of the colony. Before the assisted migration of German vinedressers in the 1830s, any convict or free settler with a hint of vine growing or wine making expertise was quickly drafted to the cause. First Vintage reveals the people who dreamed of making Australia a wine-drinking country, including influential colonists Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson, Richard Windeyer, John Macarthur and Thomas Mitchell, who all had vineyards. It shows the challenges of choosing vine stock, the battles to protect against pests and diseases, and the innovation of new… Read More

Sydney: UNSW Press, 2012. 1st edition. As New. quarto. hardback with dust jacket xiii + 247pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., notes, appends., bibliog., index, ÔExplores the forgotten history of the early Australian Wine Industry. Already scarce

University of New South Wales Pr, 4/1/2013 12:00:01 AM. hardcover. Very Good. 1.1811 9.1339 7.6378.