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To Hell And Gone by Penryn Goldman 1932 - Baby Austin Adelaide to NT

by Penryn Goldman

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To Hell And Gone by Penryn Goldman Angus & Robertson First Edition - 1932 This book, at first glance, appears to be just another old travel book concerning selected parts of the globe, however to those interested in Australian History, its pages give a large amount of detail on a trip taken by an 18 year old English aristocrat, nephew of Sir Penny Goldman, Viceroy of India, who was determined to see the regions of the British Empire. Penryn Goldman (Monck) who, upon acquiring a 1926 Baby Austin car, made a unique trip from Adelaide to Daly Waters in the Northern Territory via the undeveloped Australian Outback now famously called The Never Never land. Travel with Penny as he heads for Darwin, only to have the body of his second-hand Austin collapse at Daly Waters. After joining newly made friends Frank and Win Wright of Melbourne, he journeys with them in the 1925 Vauxhall Tourer back to Roto in central New South Wales'. A large section of this original edition (pages 62-191) is devoted to these early motoring exploits. (Frank Wright's account was published for the first time in 1993, in combination with a version of Goldman's account in 'Telegraph Tourists. Crossing Australia with "Vauxie" and "Baby" in 1929'. It was compiled, annotated and edited by Winty Calder, the daughter of Frank Wright.)

  • Publisher: Angus & Robertson
  • Year: 1932
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Condition: Good

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