First frontier : the occupation of the Sydney region 1788-1816 / Peter Turbet
- Bib ID:
- 5010252
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Turbet, Peter
- Description:
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- [Kenthurst, N.S.W.]: Rosenberg Publishing, 2011
- 302 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781921719073
- Summary:
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"The arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 was to herald monumental and often catastrophic changes to the lives of the Indigenous peoples living between the Blue Mountains and the sea. As British settlement spread out from Sydney Cove, the next twenty-eight years were to see frequent flare-ups of violence as disputes over the country's precious resources erupted and the Aborigines' oneness with the land was challenged. On th fringe of the European domain, Aboriginal raids on isolated farms would often be followed by a totally disproportionate reprisal by the military and settlers. At these times, fear and outrage gripped the frontier and the lonely farmer's terror was matched by the Aborigines' dread of the musket and its horrific effect. But the situation was not always one of enmity. ..."--Publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-293) and index.
- Subject:
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- Colonization
- Penal colonies -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- History
- Race relations
- Dharawal / Tharawal / Dariwal people (S59) (NSW SI56-09)
- Dharug / Daruk / Darug people (S64) (NSW SI56-05)
- Gundungurra / Gundungura /Gandangara people (S60) (NSW SI56-09)
- Dharawal / Tharawal / Dariwal language (S59) (NSW SI56-09)
- Gundungurra / Gundungura / Gandangara language (S60) (NSW SI56-09)
- Settlement and contacts - First Fleet, 1788
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- Eora / Iora people (S61) (NSW SI56-05)
- Dharug / Daruk / Darug language (S64) (NSW SI56-05)
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Eora / Iora language (S61) (NSW SI56-05)
- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History
- Australia -- History
- Great Britain -- Colonies
- Sydney (NSW SI56-05)
- Appin (NSW S Coast SI56-09)
- Parramatta (W Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Hawkesbury River area (N Sydney NSW SI56-05)
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2011
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