About the book

"Frank Clune sets out on another voyage of discovery, this time in search of the Golden Fleece, the greatest single source of Australia's prosperity. He travels in time and space, going back to the earliest days of settlement for records of the pioneers, and visiting many of the places where their work was done. As well as such familiar figures as Macarthur and Marsden, with their sheep from the Royal flocks, we meet the redoubtable Scotswoman, Eliza Forlong, who travelled through Saxony with staff in hand and her money sewn in her stays, collecting fine sheep which she later took to Van Diemen's Land and then to the newly opened Port Phillip District..."--Book jacket.