Lion of the China Sea. A History of the Eastern and Australian Steamship Company Limited by Olson, William - 1976

Sydney: P & O Australia Ltd., 1976. 116pp, index, appendix, bw & col ilsl, endpaper maps. Or gren cloth in jacket. Small scrape on jacket near spine fold. Trade was an urgent need for the infant colony of Australia. Primary producing Queensland was in particular need of a link with the Malay Peninsula-arrival point for passenger and cargo liners sailing to South East Asia from England. The result was a shipping line that was to blossom through more than 100 years and emerge as a vital part of Australia's economy. This book is the history of the E & A Line, tracing the line through all its trials and tribulations, and successes.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.