A History of Australia: From the earliest times to the age of MacquarieThe late Manning Clark aims to bring to attention the foibles and strengths in every person, traits forced to the fore in the hardship and trauma that occured during the establishment and development of white settlement in Australia. Clark uses the tragedies and successes of national heroes such as explorers and generals, and those of the average person such as soldiers at Gallipoli and farmers' wives, to create a memorable tableau. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 96
Page 94
... ships from England and Scotland . For all the evidence suggests that a very high proportion of the men and women transported to New South Wales from England and Scotland between 1788 and 1823 were dependent on crime for a living : that ...
... ships from England and Scotland . For all the evidence suggests that a very high proportion of the men and women transported to New South Wales from England and Scotland between 1788 and 1823 were dependent on crime for a living : that ...
Page 150
... ships arriving from England and from other ports , from the government farms , and from the farms of the settlers . For each item purchased from a settler , the commissary issued a receipt , and these passed current as coin or could be ...
... ships arriving from England and from other ports , from the government farms , and from the farms of the settlers . For each item purchased from a settler , the commissary issued a receipt , and these passed current as coin or could be ...
Page 399
... Ships that have sailed from Great Britain and Ireland to New South Wales with Convicts , distinguishing the number they have conveyed . together with the number of deaths that have occurred in each , and the number of convicts landed ...
... Ships that have sailed from Great Britain and Ireland to New South Wales with Convicts , distinguishing the number they have conveyed . together with the number of deaths that have occurred in each , and the number of convicts landed ...
Contents
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
THE BEGINNING OF SYDNEY COVE | 73 |
Copyright | |
11 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
aborigines acres Anon appointed April arrived Atkins August Australia Batavia began behaviour believed Bigge Appendix Bligh Botany Bay British Campbell Canberra Cape Captain Castlereagh Catholic Church civilization coast Collins colony convicts Cook court December Diemen's Land discovery Dutch Ellis Bent emancipists encl England European February Flinders gaol Governor granted Hawkesbury History Hobart Town honour hope human hundred Hunter Ibid inhabitants Ireland Irish January John Macarthur Johnson Journal Judge Advocate July June King labour letter London Lord Macquarie to Bathurst Macquarie's magistrate Majesty's March military officers Mitchell Library moral National Library natives Norfolk Island November October Oxley pardon Parramatta Paterson Phillip Port Jackson Protestant Protestant ascendancy punishment Quiros religion Reverend Samuel Marsden sailed Samuel Marsden September settlement settlers ships society south seas South Wales South Wales Corps Sydney Cove Sydney Gazette Tasman Tench terra australis Throsby trade transportation Van Diemen's Land Voyage women wrote