The head of the dust wrapper is chipped and the front end paper is clipped, presumably to remove an ownership inscription, else immaculate. 250 pages, illustrated, includes an appendix with baptismal records. "Seed Time and Harvest" covers the first 130 years of the CatholicChurch in Ararat and the districts which were part of the original mission. it has been written to commemorate the Centenary of the coming to Ararat of the Brigidine Sisters whose story is intertwined with that of the Parish. The book records the development from an Irish mission to a local Australian church." (front flap)