The colony : a history of early Sydney
by
Karskens, Grace.
Title
:
The colony : a history of early Sydney
Author
:
Karskens, Grace.
ISBN
:
9781741756371
Personal Author
:
Karskens, Grace.
Publication Information
:
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2009.
Physical Description
:
678 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
Contents
:
Introduction -- 1: Deep time and human history: the Sydney environment -- 2: Encounters in Eora country -- 3: The Camp, the canvas -- 4: 'Food from a common industry': public farms and common lands -- 5: Seeding and breeding -- 6: Views from Flagstaff Hill -- 7: Landscape artists: the Macquaries in Sydney -- 8: The face of the country -- 9: Nefarious geographies -- 10: 'A very bountiful place indeed': women and country -- 11: Soft colony -- 12: Taking possession -- 13: War on the Cumberland Plain -- 14: Aftermath -- Epilogue.
Subject Term
:
Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- History.
Geographic Term
:
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 1788-1851.
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Social conditions -- 1788-1851.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025436607 | 994.4102 K18C 2009 | 1 |