Colonial Australia, 1788-1840This unique collection of documents surveys the beginnings of European settlement in Australia, from the founding of the first township in Sydney Cove to the economic crisis of the early 1840s. Over 500 documents cover all the major events, developments and controversies in the economic, social and cultural life of the period, as well as in government and politics. |
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| Title | Colonial Australia, 1788-1840 Volume 1 of A Documentary History of Australia, Francis Keble Crowley Volume 1 of A Documentary History of Australia: Colonial Australia, 1788-1900, Francis Keble Crowley |
| Author | Francis Keble Crowley |
| Publisher | Nelson, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2007 |
| ISBN | 0170054071, 9780170054072 |
| Length | 621 pages |
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