PORT ADELAIDE: The History of a Commodious Harbour by JOHN COUPER-SMARTT. Published by Wakefield Press in 2021, ISBN: 9781743057803.
If you are thinking about gifts for friends who love the buildings, the people and the history of Port Adelaide – John Couper-Smartt’s book would be worthy of your consideration.
This hefty hardback (26.5 cm x 21.8 cm and weighing 2.83 Kg) contains 652 pages crammed with images and fascinating stories about Port Adelaide and its surrounding townships. Painstakingly researched, it covers the history of the area from its value as a food site for thousands of years of Indigenous occupation, to its development as the site of South Australia’s major harbour from the time of European settlement in 1836. Along the way, the book details the maritime, industrial, educational, religious, sport and community history that has made Port Adelaide and Lefevre Peninsula such an unique area.
Copies, signed by the author, are available through the Ovenden Lodge Publications website at https://ovendenbooks.com/shop/ The price of $95 includes FREE DELIVERY WITHIN ADELAIDE METROPOLITAN AREA. Contact us for delivery costs to other locations – or for any messages you would like the author to write on the inside cover..