Charles Whitham: A man of passion - on foot and in eloquent prose - for the wilds of Western Tasmania by Simon Kleinig | PBCharles Whithams name is etched into the history and geography of the rugged, mountainous landscape of western Tasmania. Today, four geographical features in the area bear his name, and his oft reprinted 1924 book on its riches and beauty has become a collectors item. Whithams childhood was spent in the exotic lands of northern India. In 1886, his family migrated to Tasmania where, at age 16, he ran away from home to make his own way in the world. He

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great thoughts are thought

is both eye-opening and heart-warming

the Derwent River

imaginatively presented information picture book

and occasionally subjectivity can influence the process (but don’t tell anyone I told you that)

in poetry and pictures

- The Sunday Tasmanian

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Janine Marshall Wood is a former History

cooking and occasional consultancy work keep him constantly busy

His previous publications are Close to the Heart (privately published

who tended the quiet parish of Ranelagh