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Australian National University Press Canberra 1973. Hard cover/dust wrapper 1st edition 313pp. Top dw spine chipped and worn else very good. Plunkett took up the position of Solicitor-General in New South Wales in 1832 and later became Attorney-General from 1836-1856. In his career in law, government, and education he played a vital role in the transition period trhat saw New South Wales shaking free its penal past and developing into a free society. This is a scholarly and readable account of Plunkett's Australian career and of colonial history.