pub. Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1951, FIRST EDITION, hardcover 8vo without dj, 287 pp., 19 chapters, illustrated with 13 maps and 2 tables, extensive index.

Covering the history & development of the following....Bermuda, Falklands, West Africa, St Helena, Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, Sudan, East Africa, Indian Ocean, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Fiji and the Pacific Islands - Solomons, New Hebrides, Vanuatu.

Condition: Green cloth-bound hardcover with silver title to spine, STRAIGHT & TIGHT in GOOD minus CONDITION with rubbing to cover.

Dr. Charles Herbert Currey (1890-1970), educationist and legal historian, was born on 25 May 1890 at Ulmarra, New South Wales.

• Son of Frederick Charles Currey, a schoolteacher from Maryland, United States of America, and his Australian-born wife Alice, née Garven.
  
• Attending a school where his father taught Aboriginal children, Charles received—through Frederick's American-inspired views—a sense of the importance of liberty in civilized societies.
• His literary output was substantial.
• He was fond of gardening and 'motoring', and enjoyed his Blue Mountains retreat at Mount Wilson. Actively involved in local affairs, he published Mount Wilson in 1968.