The story of a remarkable pioneer who discovered in the strange colonial wilderness the splendour and richness of Australia's unique flora. In 1829 Georgiana Molloy moved from ...

Audrey Tennyson's Vice-Regal Days edited by Alexandra Hasluck, from the extensive collection of Tennyson papers in the National Library of Australia. The book is fortunate in ...

The story of Governor James Stirling and his role in the colonisation of Western Australia. Racial conflict between Aboriginal people and settlers pp. 182-188. Battle of ...

The spread of settlement, 1829-50 considers Europeans coming to terms with an alien land surface and problems arising from popular misconceptions of the colonys geography.

Briefly discusses Aboriginal population estimates; use of fire to modify environment; pattern of occupance and European usurpation.