The colony : a history of early Sydney / Grace Karskens
- Bib ID:
- 4539344
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Karskens, Grace
- Description:
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- Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2009
- 678 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781741756371
- Summary:
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A groundbreaking history of the colony of Sydney in its early years, from the sparkling harbour to the Cumberland Plain, from convicts to the city's political elite, from the impact of its geology to its economy. Australian author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references: p. 622-662 and index.
- Awards:
- Prime Minister's Literary Awards, non-fiction, winner, 2010.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- History
- Transport - Water - Canoes
- Land rights - Excisions and leases - Land grants and leases to Aborigines
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Weapons - Spears
- Settlement and contacts - English
- Gender relations
- History - Battles - Hawkesbury
- Costume and clothing - Cloaks and coats
- Eora / Iora language (S61) (NSW SI56-05)
- Gundungurra / Gundungura /Gandangara people (S60) (NSW SI56-09)
- Settlement and contacts - 18th Century
- Buildings - Homesteads
- Race relations - Representation - History
- Sex relations - Coercive
- Dharawal / Tharawal / Dariwal people (S59) (NSW SI56-09)
- Settlement and contacts - First Fleet, 1788
- Fishing
- Settlement and contacts - Penal colonies / Convicts
- Environment - Lakes and rivers
- Health - Infectious diseases - Smallpox
- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 1788-1851
- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Social conditions -- 1788-1851
- Sydney (NSW SI56-05)
- Georges River (S Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Hawkesbury River area (N Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Appin (NSW S Coast SI56-09)
- Botany Bay (S Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Parramatta (W Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Cumberland Plains (W Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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