Bibliograph

Chequered lives, John Barton Hack and Stephen Hack and the early days of South Australia, Iola Hack Mathews with Chris Durrant

Type

Label

Chequered lives, John Barton Hack and Stephen Hack and the early days of South Australia, Iola Hack Mathews with Chris Durrant

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraitsmapsplatesgenealogical tables

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chequered lives

Responsibility statement

Iola Hack Mathews with Chris Durrant

Sub title

John Barton Hack and Stephen Hack and the early days of South Australia

Summary

This is the fascinating story of a Quaker family from England who camped on the beach in 1837 before Adelaide was created, but rose to owning a 3000-acre estate in the Adelaide Hills. Barton Hack became a merchant who owned ships, a whaling station and the first vineyard in the Province. His younger brother Stephen became a grazier and explorer

Target audience

adult

Classification