An Energetic Colonist. A biographical account of the activities of the late Hon. Thomas Holt M.L.C.

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Melbourne: Hawthorn Press (1972). 8vo. Original cloth. Dustjacket. (viii 202pp.). With 12 full-page plates. Associated ephemera loosely inserted. NOTE: Holt was a pioneer in the oyster-growing industry and his carefully researched biography gives much detail on landowning in Newtown & Botany Bay in the 1850/80 period.