Autor: Roger Irvine

Roger Irvine lives on the banks of the River Torrens in Campbelltown, only a short distance from Charles Campbell”s original homestead. He grew up on a farm in the south-east of South Australia. A year as an exchange student led to a degree in Asian studies at the Australian National University in Canberra, followed by over three decades in the commonwealth public service. He obtained a master”s degree in international relations from the ANU and, after leaving Canberra in 2003, a doctorate from the University of Adelaide. „Colonial Settlers on the River Torrens” is Roger Irvine”s second book, the first being about expert predictions of China”s future. His interest in the history of two outstanding heritage buildings at Lochiel Park – Lochend, built by Campbell, and Lochiel Park House, by David Mundy – led to an intensely stimulating period of research about the first European settlers on the upper reaches of the Torrens, of which this book is the result.