Title Buried alive : Sydney 1788-1792 : eyewitness accounts of the making of a nation / Jack Egan

Published St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1999

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Description xvi, 351 pages : [16 plates] : il1.], maps ; 23 cm Contents 1788 :birth of a thief colony. -- 1789 : a man or two in our possession. -- 1790 : shipwreck, starvation and the second fleet. -- 1791 : choice of their lands. -- 1792 : a house as I wish for Writers and artists; the Aboriginal people; 1788 -- the birth of a thief colony; 1789 -- a man or two in our possession; 1790 -- shipwreck, starvation and the second fleet; 1791 -- choice of their lands; 1792 -- a house as I wish for; aftermath Summary The story of Australia's first settlement at Sydney Cove, told by the people who were there. The first-hand descriptions of historic facts and events include the spearing of Governor Phillip, the smallpox epidemic, the erection of Sydney's first buildings and first contact with Aboriginals The story of Australia's first settlement at Sydney Cove, told by the people who were there. The first-hand descriptions of historic facts and events include the spearing of Governor Phillip; the smallpox epidemic; the erection of Sydney's first buildings; and first contact with Aboriginals Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 333-336 Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- History Art, Colonial -- Australia. Prisoners -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History. Prisoners -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- History -- Sources Prisoners -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- History Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) Penal colonies -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History. Pioneers -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History. SUBJECT Australia -- History -- 1788-1851. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009592 Sydney (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021855 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- 1788-1851 -- Sources Sydney (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021855 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- 1788-1851 Sydney (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021855 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 LC no. 00300418 ISBN 1865081388

Other Titles Sydney, 1788-1972 : eyewitness accounts of the making of a nation

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