1788 : comprising A narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay and A complete account of the settlement at Tort Jackson / Watkin Tench ; edited & introduced by Tim Flannery
- Bib ID:
- 8051807
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Tench, Watkin, 1759?-1833, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
- Related Online Resources:
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- Edition:
- New edition.
- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company, 2009
- ©2009
- 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- ISBN:
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- 9781921520044 (paperback)
- 9781921776335 (ebook : :)
- Summary:
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Tench is the most readable of writers, and his books are fascinating for the vivid portraits they provide of early Australia. He introduces us to the iconic figures of Arthur Phillip and Bennelong, and provides fascinating descriptions of the infant colony. This popular edition of his two books should be read by every Australian.
- Partial contents:
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- A narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay
- A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson.
- Notes:
- General.
- Subject:
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- Tench, Watkin, 1758 or 9-1833
- Tench, Watkin, 1759?-1833
- First Fleet, 1787-1788
- History - Australia & Oceania
- History / Expeditions & Discoveries
- Political Science / Colonialism & Post-colonialism
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration
- Australia -- History -- 1788-1851
- New South Wales -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- New South Wales -- History -- 1788-1851
- Port Jackson (N.S.W.) -- History
- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 1788-1851
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
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- 1788 : comprising A narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay and A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson
- Seventeen eighty-eight
- Watkin Tench's 1788
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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