The colony : a history of early Sydney
The Colony is an intimate account of the transformation of a campsite in a beautiful cove to the town that later became Australia's largest and best-known city.
eBook, English, 2010
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Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, N.S.W, 2010
History
Online-Ressource (xiii, 678 Seiten) : Illustrationen (some color)
9781742690582, 9781742373645, 1742690580, 174237364X
903285159
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Deep time and human history2. Encounters in Eora country3. The Camp, the canvas4. Food from a common industry5. Seeding and breeding6. Views from Flagstaff Hill7. Landscape artists: the Macquaries in Sydney8. The face of the country9. Nefarious geographies10. A very bountiful place indeed11. Soft colony12. Taking possession13. War on the Cumberland Plain14 AftermathEpilogueNotesList of illustrations and sourcesBibliographyIndex