Mosman: A History
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Acclaimed historian Gavin Souter traces a two-centuriesโ course of change from Aboriginal habitation to convict farming, wharfage, residential subdivision, quarrying, and eventually what Henry Lawson called Mosmanโs โred-tiled roofs of comfortโ. The story begins with the Borogegal, a clan first encountered by Europeans in 1788, and ends with the centenary of Mosman Council, controversies about environmental planning, and the rampage of a serial murderer.
Mosman deals with all the essentials of its subject (politics, schools, churches, sports, crime rates, garbage and sewerage), but more importantly it offers an illuminating case study from the wide-spread but sparsely documented social class of which Mosman is a microcosm. This life story of a remarkable suburb is notable for its extensive research, vivid detail and engrossing narrative โ a combination not always encountered in the genre of local history.
First published in 1994, Xoum is proud to release for the first time digitally the definitive history of the Sydney suburb of Mosman.
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Gavin Souter AO was born in 1929 in Sydney. He was educated at Kempsey High School and Scots College in Warwick, Queensland, before graduating BA from the University of Sydney. He joinedย The Sydney Morning Heraldย as a journalist in 1947 and worked there for 40 years, serving as a correspondent in New York and London and later as an Assistant Editor of the newspaper.
He is the author of eleven works of non-fiction, includingย A Peculiar People, The Australians in Paraguayย (1968), which won the Foundation of Australian Literary Studies award;ย Lion & Kangaroo, The Initiation of Australia 1901โ1919ย (1976);ย Company of Heraldsย (1981), which also won the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies award; andย Heralds and Angels, the House of Fairfax 1841โ1990ย (1992), which won the Victorian Premierโs Literary Award.
Gavin was Vice President of the Australian Society of Authors between 1975 and 1978 and Deputy Chairman of the Commonwealth Films Board of Review between 1981 and 1984.
In 1960, he won the W.G. Walkley Award for Australian Journalism; in 1988 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), and raised to Officer level (AO) in 1995; and in 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal.
Gavin lives with his wife in Sydney.
