IV,162pp; illustrated. 'In the Hunter Valley of Northern New South Wales free settlers and new arrivals from the Old World moved out from Newcastle penal settlement into the isolated hinterland west of Nobby' headland to become the first fighters of the north....Out of the early struggles for economic survival the fighting spirit of many Northerners flowed on into the fields of boxing. ' SIGNED by author on the title page with inscription. Slight rubbing to edges and spine.