The Visit To Queensland Of The French Mission To Australia
1918. Leather bound octavo with gilt embossed lettering and marbled endpapers, with original presentation box, inscribed by J.M. Hunter and R.E. Soutter on flyleaf, 18.2 x 12.1cm. Minor scuffing to leather binding. Printed for the Qld Tourist Bureau, 31pp. Includes six illustrations and a gatefold map of Queensland. Inscriptions include “R.E. Soutter, State Farm” and “With the compliments of J.M. Hunter, Xmas ’18-19.” This book is considered to be scarce. J.M. Hunter was a Queensland politician and Minister for Lands. Richard Ernest Soutter was appointed the manager of the Roma State Farm in 1906, an experimental project concerning the growing of crops likely to be of economic value to the district. The 1918 French Economic Mission to Australia was conceived as a means of developing bilateral commercial relations, capitalising upon ties forged in war. Ref: Qld State Archives; The Age, 22.7.2017.
Item #CL194-163
Price (AUD): $990.00 other currencies