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Book

Author
Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey
Title
The turning wheel
Imprint
Paterson Brokensha, Perth, 1960, 317 pp
Abstract

This book 'is the personal record of a distinguished civil engineer and soldier. Here are fascinating facts about the settlement, development, and defence of a continent. Descendant of two renowned pioneering families of Western Australia, brother of a noted general and Federal judge, husband to a well-known novelist, Geoffrey Drake-Brockman has led an active and colourful life' (from the dust wrapper).

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