This peculiar colony / Ronald Rose ; illustrated by Robert Ingpen
- Bib ID:
- 1478073
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Rose, Ronald, 1920-
- Description:
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- Adelaide : Rigby, 1981
- 179 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0727014102
- Summary:
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Collection of contemporary records about life in the colony of New South Wales; includes accounts of first contacts with Aboriginal people by Lieutentant King & Surgeon Worgan; also David Collins on Collins (Gnung-a Gnung-a), the Aboriginal man who accompanied Lieutentant Hanson on the Daedalus on a tour of the Pacific between 1793 and 1794 to learn English.
- Notes:
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- Dust jacket subtitle: A slightly irreverent look at Australia's beginnings.
- Bibliography: p. 173-179.
- Subject:
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- New South Wales. Settlement, 1788-1821. Readings from contemporary sources
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- History - Cultural
- Settlement and contacts - Penal colonies / Convicts
- Race relations - Attitudes
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers
- Race relations - Representation - History
- New South Wales -- History -- 1788-1851 -- Sources
- New South Wales (NSW)
- Warrane / Sydney Cove (NSW SI56-05)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Ingpen, Robert, 1936-
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1981
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