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Author Foss, Michael.

Title Beyond the black stump : tales of travellers to Australia, 1787-1850 / Michael Foss
Published London : M. O'Mara Books, [1988]
©1988

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  994.00421 Fos/Btb  AVAILABLE
Description 234 pages : maps, illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Includes index
Summary Anthology of sources documenting the history of early European migration to Australia from transportation to the 1850s ; includes accounts of first contacts with Aboriginal people ; friction with convicts ; smallpox ; and overtures towards and treatment of Aboriginal people by European settlers
Notes Contains index
Maps on linig papers
Bibliography Bibliography: page 232
Subject British -- Australia -- Social life and customs.
Prisoners -- Australia -- History.
Prisoners -- Australia.
Travelers -- Australia -- History.
SUBJECT Australia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009579
Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114312
Australia -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007504
Australia -- History -- 1788-1851. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009592
LC no. 94839747
ISBN 0948397470