The Push from the Bush - A Bulletin of Social History (No.17, April 1984)

The Push from the Bush - A Bulletin of Social History (No.17, April 1984)
Edited by Alan Atkinson and John Knott.

Published by the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, in 1984. A5 size booklet, 81 pages. (S8295BKWSO)

This booklet was part of a series that looked at the early colonial social history of Australia, and this issue contains 6 articles:

'Laws Of The White People': The Frontier Of Authority In Perth In 1838 
Emigration On The Parish - From Pytchley And Poverty To The Australian Colonies 1838 To 1850 
Document: 'distress Of A Convict Ordered To Botany Bay' 
A New John Macarthur 
The Vicar-general And Norfolk Island 
Amateurs And Passing Professionals: The Roots Of An Australian Singing Tradition 

The condition of the booklet is generally good. The cover has some minor scuffs, and light colour fading along the edges, but the staple spine is inatct and all pages are clean, intact unblemished and tightly bound.