Long out of print and reaching $600
plus as a rare book, it has been reprinted courtesy of the
Gunning and Gooch families. This new facsimile, limited
edition, is case bound with a dust jacket.
Lure of the North is the story of
George Gooch and the opening up of the Gascoyne.
Nothing but dauntless courage enabled George Gooch to meet
the constant menace of hostile natives. Hundreds of miles
lay between him and Champion Bay, the nearest northern
outpost of civilisation, every yard of which must be trodden
by the foot of man or the hoof of a horse. In the event of
sickness or accident his chance of assistance was small.
Going out into the unknown is easy to read about, but the
immensely hazardous and predominantly difficult nature of
the enterprise of opening up the North-West made such stern
demands for strength of purpose and grim endurance, that it
has matched the best exploits and epic deeds of our race.
This book is not only the story of an
individual but a study of the foundation and development of
the Gascoyne area of Western Australia during the life of
George Joseph Gooch, of Wandagee.
George Gooch's life achieved something
more than sheep-raising, station development, or public
service, great though the value of these were. His life is
an instance of one man's experience as to what can be done
with his own personality and those of other men. He was a
great servant of humanity and the need for such is in direct
ratio to the difficulty of the task that awaits Australia
both in its material and spiritual problems. We still need
the pioneer spirit.
The Rev. Frederick William Gunning,
(1885 _ 1964) arrived in Western Australia from England in
1907. Being ordained in 1909 he became the Rector of Moora
and later the Rector of Fremantle and of Mt Hawthorn,
retiring in 1947.
For over twenty five years he set down in The West
Australian the lives of men who he knew personally, or
by reputation, that had made their mark on nineteenth
century Western Australia. His work has continued to
influence historians and historical biographers into the
21st century.
[ISBN 0 85905 396 2], (2007, reprint), Hard Cover, dj,
272pp, illustrated, 720 grams, $75.00*
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