Title HMS Guardian and the island of ice : the lost ship of the First Fleet and Lieutenant Edward Riou, 1789-1790 / compiled and annotated by Rod Dickson

Published Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 2012 Carlisle, Western Australia : Hesperian Press, 2012

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Description ix, 118 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm Summary In 1788 the first British settlement was established in New South Wales at Port Jackson, now Sydney, by a fleet of ships, Naval and chartered civilian vessels, loaded with convicts and their Military guards. When the fleet arrived at, firstly, Botany Bay and then Port Jackson, there was nothing to greet them, just sandy soil and scrub Analysis Australian Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 112) and index Audience Tertiary/Undergraduate, General Subject Riou, Edward, 1762-1801. Guardian (Ship) Marine accidents -- Early works to 1800. Marine accidents -- Antarctic Ocean. Marine accidents -- South Africa. Navigation -- Australia. Shipwrecks -- Early works to 1800. SUBJECT Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 Australia -- History -- 1788-1851. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009592 New South Wales -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001495 -- 1788-1851 Author Dickson, Rod. Hesperian Press LC no. 2014407386 ISBN 0859055116 (paperback) 9780859055116 (paperback)

Other Titles Lost ship of the First Fleet and Lieutenant Edward Riou, 1789-1790

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