Book Description
Nathaniel Hailes was a wry chronicler of early colonial South Australia. He arrived in Adelaide from England in 1839 and throughout his colorful career witnessed many strange and wonderful happenings. A courageous lone traveller, he got to know the Aboriginal people of the region; drank from the first illicit still in the colony; saw fire destroy Adelaide's first Government House; became well-acquianted with some of the colony's first murders and executions; and at different times worked as Superintendent of Emigrants, auctioneer, the first librarian in the State, Clerk of the Court, Clerk to the Government Resident, Registrar, Harbormaster and Postmaster. Hailes' witty and affectionate "Recollections" appeared in the "South Australian Register" newspaper in 1878. They are published here for the first time in book form.
About the Author
Allan Peters is fascinated by history, and has a passion for researching personalities. His first book, "No Monument of Stone" told the story of Elizabeth Woolcock, the only woman ever executed in an Adelaide gaol.
